Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Henry Evans Maude

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The result was keep. John254 03:51, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Henry Evans Maude

I'm sure Harry was a good man, but I cannot see that he did a huge lot other than lived in the pacific and wrote a couple of books. If he was truly notable then the article is very short on citations. I was once a British civil servant, and I am not notable. Nor, indeed, am I dead. But Wikipedia is not a memorial, and, unless notability is proven and asserted, this article is not the stuff of encyclopaedias. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 23:52, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: I think he meets WP:PROF guidelines. His book, Slavers in Paradise, has received non-trivial independent comment on ([1] [2] [3] [4]), and reference to ([5]), as has Of Islands and Men ([6]). The ref in the article states that he co-founded Journal of Pacific History in 1966, which is still running (trumping WP:PROF#8). Harry Maude: Unimane, statesman and Pacific historian may be helpful too, but I do not have access. Discussion of his work here: [7]. Being a Resident Commissioner of Gilbert and Ellice Islands could be notable in itself. THEN WHO WAS PHONE? (talk) 01:39, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep After reviewing the WP article and available online sources, it would seem that Henry Evans Maude does satisfy the five general notability guidelines. kilbad (talk) 04:24, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as per THEN WHO WAS PHONE? Edward321 (talk) 04:26, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, because it's THE specialist of Kiribati culture.--Enzino (talk) 19:22, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 03:43, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 03:44, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Two books about him seems enough for WP:BIO. —David Eppstein (talk) 06:49, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. WoldCat returned 97 book entries for him. The two most widely held were in 420 (Of islands and men) and 339 (Slavers in paradise) libraries worldwide.--Eric Yurken (talk) 15:03, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, per all of the above. Passes WP:BIO. Nsk92 (talk) 01:45, 2 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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