Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ellsworth Kalas

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was keep. John254 01:08, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ellsworth Kalas[edit]

Non-notable theologian. The article's been here for 9 months, so I didn't think a speedy deletion was appropriate. Corvus cornix_talk 23:35, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Strong keep:
- President (interim) of a notable seminary
- Has published multiple books
- Google News search: 1 major article in the last month
- Google News archive search: 166 press mentions

--A. B. ^(talk) 00:46, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletions. -- A. B. ^(talk) 00:47, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletions. -- A. B. ^(talk) 00:48, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep : He's the interim president of an accredited seminary with over 1,000 students. Certainly meets a minimal standard of notability. Caerwine Caer’s whines 01:56, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - looks notable to me, per A.B.'s Google search. -FrankTobia (talk) 02:10, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep A speedy deletion would never have been appropriate, for even in its earliest version it made a claim of notability, with two honorary degrees. I am startled to think it was even considered. DGG (talk) 04:09, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Having honorary degrees make somebody notable by default? Corvus cornix_talk 17:06, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - Notable enough to not warrant a speedy delete, as it is an indication that the awarding institution thought that he was notable enough to be honored. Not necessarily enough to keep an article from prod or AfD, especially if one were of the belief that the claim were bogus, but speedy delete is for articles with absolutely zero reasons anyone (other than the author) would be likely to object. Caerwine Caer’s whines 00:51, 12 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep He is notable. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 05:03, 11 December 2007 (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.