Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abraham Lotha

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The result was keep. – Joe (talk) 13:48, 19 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Abraham Lotha[edit]

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The subject of the article has written three non-notable books and won a non-notable award. Other than that they have been a principal of a school. I can't see this passing WP:GNG or any other notability standard. Spiderone 16:55, 1 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment If I am reading things right, he was head of an institution that is engaged in higher education and now offers degrees. Would this not be a pass of the academic notability guidelines for institution heads?John Pack Lambert (talk) 12:24, 3 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The only reliable source I can find that supports this claim is [1]. I'm assuming that this will override the fact that this clearly fails GNG? Spiderone 12:43, 3 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

keep principal of a medium sized degree awarding institute is a senior academic per NPROF. PainProf (talk) 13:27, 3 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Please note that WP:NPROF clearly states the following An article's assertion that the subject passes this guideline is not sufficient. Every topic on Wikipedia must have sources that comply with Wikipedia:Verifiability. Major awards must be confirmed, claims of impact must be substantiated by independent statements, reviews, citation metrics, or library holdings, and so on. Once the passage of one or more notability criteria has been verified through independent sources, or through the reliable sources listed explicitly for this purpose in the specific criteria notes, non-independent sources, such as official institutional and professional sources, are widely accepted as reliable sourcing for routine, uncontroversial details. Has anyone managed to find a good source to verify the claim of the article, as uncontroversial as it may be? Spiderone 15:54, 3 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I wouldn't normally cite press releases but 1 and 2 seem sufficient for that uncontroversial claim. PainProf (talk) 19:09, 3 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 06:19, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep We have enough sourcing to show that he was the college head, this justifies keeping the article.John Pack Lambert (talk) 15:49, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. the sources are good enough to show he meets the WP:PROF special requirements. DGG ( talk ) 02:46, 18 August 2020 (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.