Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/George E. Hearn

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The result was delete. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 03:57, 3 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

George E. Hearn[edit]

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Fails WP:NPOL and WP:GNG. Hearn never held an office higher than the Pineville, LA (Population: 13,000) city council. Additionally the sourcing for the article doesn't do anything to establish notability. They are 1) a link to the main page of Ancestry.com but it appears that even if properly linked it was simply to Hearn's federal death records; 2) a Google Maps search for a church; 3 & 9) his obituaries in local newspapers, only one of which is linked and which are the only sources that appear in any form of media, and 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 10) election returns. GPL93 (talk) 17:10, 26 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Icewhiz (talk) 18:47, 26 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Icewhiz (talk) 18:47, 26 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Louisiana-related deletion discussions. Icewhiz (talk) 18:47, 26 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I would question whether being "professor and chair of the Psychology Department" at Louisiana College [1] passes NPROF(5). Icewhiz (talk) 18:55, 26 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I did consider that, but I'm not sure Louisiana College (enrollment: 1,265) would qualify as a "major institution". Additionally the School of Behavioral Sciences, under which the Psychology Department is housed, only has 8 faculty members as a whole. Best, GPL93 (talk) 19:05, 26 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete department chairs do not pass notability guidelines for such, although many are notable for contributions to their fied, but Hearn is not. Even academic deans are not default notable, but department chairs not at all.John Pack Lambert (talk) 01:49, 27 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Fails NPOL and NPROF, sourcing only to an obit is inadequate. Reywas92^Talk 06:05, 30 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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