Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David M. Morris (historian)

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The result was delete. Big Dom 06:39, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

David M. Morris (historian)[edit]

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Article was created by the subject in 2009 and has remained as an unreferenced biography of a living person ever since. I have been unable to find any reliable sources to support the subject's notability, which I find surprising, given the number of articles quoted. Only sources availble online appear to be self-published. This needs more eyes on it. CharlieDelta (talk) 07:46, 3 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. —CharlieDelta (talk) 07:58, 3 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

delete — clearly fails WP:PROF. i can't even construct a google scholar search that picks out this guy's work. his publications are almost uniformly from the ensign (see also wp article Ensign (LDS magazine)), which is not a scholarly journal even in the circumscribed area of mormon self-scholarship. since wp:prof doesn't apply, he'd need to satisfy gng, but he clearly does not. — alf.laylah.wa.laylah (talk) 15:41, 3 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete — Fails Wikipedia:GNGTeapotgeorge^Talk 15:45, 3 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 19:13, 3 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete At this point he is a long way from being notable. He has only published in church-sponsored publications, does not appear to have an academic appointment anywhere, and only got his PhD last year.[1] --MelanieN (talk) 14:38, 4 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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