Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stephen J. Flanagan

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Extraordinary Writ (talk) 16:24, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Stephen J. Flanagan[edit]

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Unclear pass of WP:NPOL as per his political career or WP:ACADEMIC as per his research career. nearlyevil 665 08:19, 4 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. nearlyevil 665 08:19, 4 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Massachusetts-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 08:32, 4 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 08:32, 4 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I think his position as a named chair at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies may meet criteria 5 of WP:NPROF, but of course that is the only part of the entire article that is unsourced. Curbon7 (talk) 05:19, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Per the comment, I was able to find several sources (1) (2) (3) (4) conforming him holding the named chair position. As he held this distinction and it is confirmed this allows him to pass C5 and his page is valid because of it. --Tautomers_{(T C)} 03:37, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Would you care to elaborate as to why the Centre for Strategic and International Studies is a 'major institution of higher education and research'? Would the chairpersonship of any blue-linked think tank automatically denote notability? I'm asking because I'm not seeing much to confirm the Centre is anything but an above-average think tank institution. nearlyevil 665 04:05, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The wikilink in the first comment is a mispelling, the correct one is Center for Strategic and International Studies. The wikilink states "In the University of Pennsylvania's 2019 Global Go To Think Tanks Report, CSIS is ranked the number one think tank in the United States across all fields, the "Top Defense and National Security Think Tank" in the world, and the 4th best think tank in the world overall.". While yes, it's a think tank, it is a very noteworthy one and it's linked with Georgetown University. The noteworthiness and significance of it leads me to believe it more than counts for being a named chair per PROF C5. Moreso since this would be relevant in the field of international affairs. --Tautomers_{(T C)} 04:57, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I concur, based on this comment. I'm fine with a non-admin closure. nearlyevil 665 06:38, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per @Tautomers. alphalfalfa^(talk) 05:52, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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