Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Walter John Raymond


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The result was   keep. Courcelles 06:42, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

Walter John Raymond

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Couldn't establish WP:NOTABILITY. His medal is very commendable, but I don't think it meets notability criteria. He does not seem to meet WP:ACADEMIC either. Boleyn (talk) 18:39, 23 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep per variety of signicant and notable career accomplishments. Candleabracadabra (talk) 20:02, 23 December 2013 (UTC)
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 * Keep I seem to have spooled this bio out because, per WP:AUTH, he wrote the Dictionary of Politics, which is quite possibly a WP:RS we use, or may use in the future, on any number of articles (at least one that I know of off hand). It's helpful, and in keeping with the mission of the project, to provide such backgrounders on authors of significant reliable sources. -- Kendrick7talk 19:35, 24 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment. Can we get any other RS other than the obituary? Can editors who voted keep (ping User:Boleyn, User:Kendrick7) explain which part of WP:PROF or larger WP:GNG do they think he is passing? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 02:23, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
 * He seems to have published several books. Have you tried looking for reviews and citations? A bibliography section should be added to the article. His Dictionary of Politics is in its 7th edition.Candleabracadabra (talk) 02:52, 25 December 2013


 * Delete I do not see notability as an academic -- his books are not even in worldcat. That's below any minimum standard.(UTC)
 * Correction. His books are in WorldCat. Regards, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 03:30, 30 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 03:42, 30 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep His books are not only in WorldCat, but in many hundreds of libraries. Dictionary of Politics has gone into 7 editions, which is a good indication of very high nimportance for an academic ro profesional book. Even if he founded the publishing company himself, he was successful at it. &#39;DGG (at NYPL)&#39; (talk) 18:48, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep, per User:Candleabracadabra and User:DGG, above. DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 19:05, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
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