Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Carl J. Strikwerda

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) DavidLeighEllis (talk) 01:19, 17 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Carl J. Strikwerda

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Notability concerns; one source fails WP:ROUTINE and the other one is not independent. Thus fails WP:GNG. Laun chba ller 19:23, 10 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:33, 10 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:33, 10 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Head of an institution of higher education is notable per se according to WP:PROF. Agricola44 (talk) 19:37, 11 June 2014 (UTC).[reply]
Keep. President of Elizabethtown College after a high post at William & Mary College is entirely notable for Wikipedia.--DThomsen8 (talk) 21:35, 11 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep but inprove I am sure we could get a lot better information on Strikwerda's academic contributions. What did he do at KU? This is why we have notability guidelines for academics, because the sources almost always exist for higher-education 4 year college presidents, someone just needs to find them. I would try myself if my computer was not so sluggish. Maybe I will in a few days when I am using a better computer.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:48, 12 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Two more inline citations were added to the article.--DThomsen8 (talk) 19:06, 14 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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