Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Russell Jones (orientalist)


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The result was   keep. Mojo Hand (talk) 01:22, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

Russell Jones (orientalist)

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BLP which may have been written by the person who is the subject (weasel) and a lack of sources Meeeeeeee39 (talk) 11:05, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.  Jinkinson   talk to me   What did he do now?  14:46, 11 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Could the nom perhaps expand on the reasons to delete? There are not many sources in the article, but are there none to be found either? Being an autobio is no reason for deletion, only for removal of possible POV (and it is not even certain that it is an autobio, can be his daughter or girlfriend... Although I must admit to neither being the daughter nor the girlfriend of Randy myself... :-) --Randykitty (talk) 14:52, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep: Noted scholar of Indonesia. Seems to me a pass of WP:Prof. Founding editor of now established and respected academic journal: Indonesia and the Malay World. (Msrasnw (talk) 23:37, 11 December 2013 (UTC))
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:19, 12 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep - Sure, it's Puffery, but "Afd is not for cleanup." Did you try other searches, such as this?  I'll add a few sources; he very easily passes WP:PROF. Bearian (talk) 18:25, 13 December 2013 (UTC)


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