Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Glenn Arbery

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The result was keep. Consensus that notability criteria satisfied under AUTHOR or PROF. (non-admin closure) Goldsztajn (talk) 19:44, 25 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Glenn Arbery

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Notability due to WP:NPROF is marginal at best (the college the subject is the president of does not seem to be particularly "major academic institution" as required by WP:NACADEMIC#6), which combined with the fact that this is ultimately a poorly-sourced BLP which may otherwise have not met WP:BASIC (I was unable to find anything more than passing mentions or articles written by the subject) makes for a case for deletion. I would appreciate if additional sources that I cannot access can be found, but as things stand there are few, if any, reasons to have this article. Java Hurricane 15:02, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Academics and educators and Wyoming. Java Hurricane 15:02, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The first source cited in the college article is headlined, 'Small Wyoming Catholic College' - hardly the stuff of greatness or, indeed, notability. One line stub with one source for its president is hardly appropriate. Fails WP:GNG. Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 15:45, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The definition of "major institution" in NACADEMIC is very poorly defined, but for a sense of Wyoming Catholic College here's an Inside Higher Ed profile. Separately, there is a potential path to notability via WP:NAUTHOR. On a very quick search, I found these reviews of Arbery's books:
1. Williamson Jr., Chilton (April 6, 2021). "Boundaries of Eden is a Southern novel filled with poetic intricacy". Catholic World Report. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
2. Pearce, Joseph (3 March 2018). "A Fictional Path to Understanding the Mystery of Suffering". The Imaginative Conservative. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
3. Taylor, Leeta (2001). "Review of Why Literature Matters". Foreword Reviews. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
4. McDonald, Henry (2001). "Why Literature Matters: Permanence and the Politics of Reputation (review)". Philosophy and Literature. pp. 373–376. doi:10.1353/phl.2001.0033.

I'll have additional time later to see if there's more. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 15:52, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm also seeing, per his bio, that he held a named chair at Assumption University, which has a much stronger claim to being a "major institution" given that it was founded in 1904 and has a $100 million endowment. Given that WP:NPROF #5 argument, plus the NAUTHOR argument above (particularly sources #1 and #4), I'm moving to Keep. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 16:04, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your search. While NPROF is definitely passed now, I'd certainly like to see if there's any sigcov on the subject himself - I'm not a fan of keeping BLPs that lack sources. Java Hurricane 19:00, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@JavaHurricane, here's some news coverage of his selection as president:

Richards, Heather (26 April 2016). "Wyoming Catholic college chooses new president". Casper Star-Tribune. pp. A3, A4. Retrieved 18 October 2022.

Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 19:42, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Not a great article, but the linked bio states he held the d'Alzon Chair of Liberal Education at Assumption University (Worcester), which might count towards WP:PROF. There are also two books Why Literature Matters (2001) and The Southern Critics (2010), two further edited books The Tragic Abyss (2003), Augustine's Confessions and Its Influence (2019) plus a couple of novels Bearings and Distances (2015) & Boundaries of Eden (2020), and looking at GS there appear to be lightly cited other co-authored books -- so might well be easier to meet WP:AUTHOR, and I see Sdkb has been before me in seeking reviews. EBSCO in the top few hits found several additional reviews: Boundaries of Eden: Eve Tushnet (2021) Modern age. 63(4):79-82. Why Literature Matters: Bruce, C. (2002). In: NEW OXFORD REVIEW. 69(6):42-45; Hollander, P.. In: MODERN AGE. 44(2):180-183. Edited volume Literature and Resistance in the South The Southern Critics: An Anthology: Urbanczyk, A.. In: MODERN AGE. 54(1/4):154-156 There might well be more further down; together with the others above I think we're demonstrating a pass of WP:AUTHOR. Espresso Addict (talk) 05:59, 19 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I think the case for WP:AUTHOR through multiple published reviews listed above is stronger than the case for WP:PROF through a named chair at a small university, but either is good enough. —David Eppstein (talk) 16:53, 20 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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