Talk:Paul Laird

This article was nominated for deletion on 2 February 2010. The result of the discussion was keep.

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Notability[edit]

In response to the proposed deletion: A quick look in Google News archives suggests that this article has a reasonable chance of satisfying the notability guidelines. References need to be added, of course. Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 03:48, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Professor Laird is a well respected expect in his area of expertise and has published several books on music history. His article is an asset to wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hardy1956 (talk • contribs) 20:03, 9 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As his daughter, I can verify that everything that the page on Prof. Laird says is correct, considering he wrote most of it himself. 24.143.57.40 (talk) 20:34, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]