Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steven salaita


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The result was keep (non-admin closure, nomination withdrawn). Nsk92 (talk) 02:07, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

Steven salaita

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I think this article might be a content fork. The page Steven Salaita exists but it is a redirect to a subsection of UIUC. Salaita might meet the requirements for a standalone article, but Steven salaita should probably redirect to Steven Salaita instead of existing as a wholly different article. Breadblade (talk) 02:43, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

Before this article was created, if you typed in "Steven Salaita" it only brought you to a sub-section discussion under "University of Illinois Champaigne-Urbana." But Salaita is notable for his publications independent of the UIUC controversy, and the controversy has morphed into one of the limits of academic freedom in general. It's no longer simply an employment contract issue with one employee and one university, but a larger one. User:VanEman — Preceding undated comment added 05:36, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
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 * Keep -- and fix this ridiculous anomaly where the properly written article name is a redirect and the one with a no-capital surname is the standalone article. Salaita does meet WP:PROF and it would be silly not to have an article on him.  Nomoskedasticity (talk) 18:53, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
 * I support this outcome, so long as the anomaly itself is fixed. Breadblade (talk) 22:17, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Upon further inspection it seems like someone changed the old Steven Salaita redirect so that it now redirects to Steven salaita. Is there a way to switch that around? The capitalization is now wrong. Breadblade (talk) 22:20, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
 * User:VanEman did not follow the correct WP:EDRED procedure for converting a redirect into an article an instead created an extra page titled "Steven salaita". Breadblade: if you are willing to withdraw this AfD nomination, I'll convert the current "Steven Salaita" redirect to an article and convert the "Steven salaita" page to a redirect pointing to the "Steven Salaita" article, and then do a non-admin closure of this AfD. Please indicate here whether this option is OK by you. Nsk92 (talk) 01:46, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
 * That sounds good to me. I will withdraw this nomination if you are able to apply this fix. Breadblade (talk) 01:53, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
 * OK, sounds good, let me give it a try. Nsk92 (talk) 01:57, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
 * OK, I have fixed the redirects and will do a NAC of this AfD shortly. Nsk92 (talk) 02:01, 7 December 2014 (UTC)


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