Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lance Twitchell

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The result was keep. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 12:30, 22 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Deprodded without a rational rationale, and with zero improvement. An associate professor with a high citation count of 5. Meets neither WP:GNG or WP:NSCHOLAR. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 04:33, 20 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per nom - fails WP:GNG, no significant coverage, only award was a local community prize. Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 08:02, 20 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 08:52, 20 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Alaska-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 08:52, 20 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. I don't think he passes WP:PROF or WP:AUTHOR, but some of the sources already in the article look reliable and in-depth enough for WP:GNG. In particular, I think this is true of the sources from Indian Country Today, the Anchorage Daily News, and KTOO, all of which are primarily about Twitchell's work, include some additional coverage of his background, appear reliable and independent, and are from a wide enough span of years that I don't think there is an issue with BIO1E. —David Eppstein (talk) 04:45, 21 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment — This is one of three articles created at the same time for individuals associated with Molly of Denali, which in itself should be a red flag (WP:NOTDIR). Another red flag is this passage: "In 2020, Dr. Twitchell led an Tlingit online class with Outer Coast College. Dozens of students participated.", apparently inserted solely to link to a promotional article about a college which currently exists more in theory than anything else. The nominator chose to ignore all that and target the article with the highest likelihood of notability, using a rationale which appears to be about arbitrary thresholds and not significant coverage. To add to David Eppstein's comments, the Alaska Journal of Commerce is also a reliable source. Top Forty Under 40 was created to recognize notability within a particular community and to provide coverage to individuals so recognized. It's unclear to me whether this is the same thing Alexandermcnabb derisively refers to as "a local community prize". RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 14:16, 21 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment - Thanks for the discussion. I created the article. The sentence about the Outer Coast open class has been removed as the intent was merely to suggest an emerging practice. orcalover (talk) 06:09, 1 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. I agree with David Eppstein. The coverage appears reliable, and it's in my view sufficiently substantial to eke out a GNG pass. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 05:15, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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