Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alan Boraas

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 per consensus. Article has shown improvement. Nomination withdrawn PeaceNT 06:47, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Alan Boraas

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As it stands this bio fails WP:PROF Steve.Moulding 02:53, 23 February 2007 (UTC). Keep The article has been significantly improved and expanded. Steve.Moulding 15:08, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

• Tentative delete. Tentative because he might be one of the foremost experts on the Dena'ina, which would seem to qualify him under criterion #1 in WP:PROF ... but there's no assertion to that effect. | Mr. Darcy talk 03:03, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

• Weak Delete If nothing can be shown to be front expert on the tribe. You would think if he was there would be something of his to mention on the tribes page...--Dacium 06:26, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
• Weak Delete, sources offered do not demonstrate notability, besides hardly a reliable source to confirm the one-line articles claims Alf photoman 13:29, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
• Keep, additional sources seem to indicate notability and Dcastimore seems to have a keen interest in working on this article, so for now keep Alf photoman 20:02, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

While I agree that the article is weak, I am finding it difficult to find references to this information. I do believe that Dr. Boraas is one of the leading experts of the Dena'ina language, but am not sure how to prove this. I have added more references, a book which he edited, and included the fact that he is an honorary member of the Kenaitze Indian Tribe. I will create a page for the Kenaitze Indian Tribe if I have time. Please let me know if there is anything else I can do to prevent this deletion. Dcastimore 18:32, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

• Comment. Hopefully the article can be kept and the added material may support that. It certainly didn't help that the only link originally provided (Dena'ina Language Guide) was (and still is) broken. I think we can reassess as the article improves (soon!) -- Regards 18:52, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletions. -- Pete.Hurd 22:16, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
• KeepThe N of his work certified by his adoption. The presence of lack of a ref. in the WP article does not affect decisions here.WP is not authority for WP.

DGG

I understand the Keep, but thereafter you've lost me. Could you rephrase your comments? Thx. Regards Steve.Moulding 03:59, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

• Keep. Appears to pass WP:PROF #1: significant expert in his area. —David Eppstein 03:09, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. Google Scholar and WorldCat confirm: Alan Boraas is notable. And Dan Castimore is working on the WP:V side of things so the article can be renominated in future if things havent improved. Dan, if you need assistance ask for it over at Wikipedia:WikiProject Alaska. John Vandenberg 04:49, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
• Strong keep. I have been working extensively on improving articles on Peter Kalifornsky and Kalifornsky village and hope to be updating these pages further soon (hopefully by the end of today). In the process of researching that article, I've come across numerous references to/by Alan Boraas, and his expertise on the Dena'ina can't be denied. I don't know that I can commit to overall improvement of this article, but I will certainly be adding the references I've found in the next few days as I complete work on the Kalifornsky articles. -- Yksin 12:06, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Comment. I've made some major additions to the page, some based on a bibliography I found, some on an 2000 article in a local paper, etc. There are still significant holes in his bio, but some significant improvement, I think. Still conducting research. -- Yksin 02:44, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

• Strong Keep per the tremendous improvements to the article made by User:Yksin. Thank you! -- Black Falcon 19:11, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

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.