Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William C. Burton

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) — Ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbung, mellohi! (投稿) 21:15, 6 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

William C. Burton

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Below GNG – author known for one book (a legal thesaurus). Recipient of three minor awards (all from small charitable organisations). One of major editors in this article seems to be the subject himself.

This is one of a number of biographies of questionable notability added by Rlhuffine. — kashmīrī ^TALK 20:52, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Law-related deletion discussions. — kashmīrī ^TALK 20:52, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Finance, and New York. —hueman1 (talk • contributions) 02:33, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. notable former asst. attorney general, special prosecutor, and author. Article isn't great. Obviously, the man shouldn't be editing it himself. Still, this guy is basically the Roget of legal writing and legal libraries I think. Winner of the "Blackstone Award at the Friends of the Law Library of Congress Wickersham Awards Ceremony"[1], doesn't really seem like a tiny insignificant thing. American Society of Legal Writers Lifetime Achievement Award, usually the other winners are like SCOTUS justices. Andre🚐 02:53, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The book may indeed warrant an article. But this is an author's bio, and my nomination centred on the WP:ANYBIO criteria. — kashmīrī ^TALK 08:22, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Author meets the criteria. Plenty of sources for notability. Award-winning and frequently cited author. Your rationale is invalid. Andre🚐 14:54, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Move to draft to rewrite with better sources and excise COI, but otherwise leaning keep. BD2412 T 04:31, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, deletion is not an alternative to cleanup. Rlhuffine edited this article once (to add a citation), he did not create it, contra the deletion reason given. Jahaza (talk) 08:18, 2 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Would not be opposed to move/redirect to a new stub for Burton's Legal Thesaurus. --Jahaza (talk) 08:27, 2 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: The thesaurus appears to be used and recommended extensively at many universities which would mean that they meet WP:PROF #4. A few examples are available at [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9] and [10]. Also founding a notable award [11]. Gusfriend (talk) 02:18, 4 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Gusfriend: This is not an article about the Thesaurus. This is a biography of one of its authors who has not been known for anything else - he does not have an independent notability from the Thesaurus. Hence this nomination. — kashmīrī ^TALK 05:46, 4 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I agree that the article is about the author and not the book but WP:PROF says The person's academic work has made a significant impact in the area of higher education, affecting a substantial number of academic institutions.

I am making no comment about their meeting GNG but I believe that they meet WP:PROF as it is so widely recommended. Gusfriend (talk) 06:06, 4 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.