Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arthur Butz

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. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 20:22, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Arthur Butz

Notability appears to be at least somewhat suspect, under the "average professor" test, and his involvement in Holocaust denial does not itself give notability, I think. Weak delete. --Nlu (talk) 16:49, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

• Keep He's published, which makes him more notable than a lot of other professors. Moreover, the article is linked to by a number of related articles. Special:Whatlinkshere/Arthur Butz Kari Hazzard (T | C) 16:54, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy Keep Although his professorial notability may be questionable, his actions as a holocaust denier have sparked plenty of public outrage, landing him in several major newspapers in the United States and internationally [1] [2] [3]. He has also sparked outrage on the Northwestern campus, being the subject of dozens of editorials, statements by University president Henry Bienen, and condemnations by the faculty. [4] [5] [6] johnpseudo 17:05, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, notorious and newsworthy for his crackpot views. NawlinWiki 18:44, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Notable for his role in Holocaust denial, and the news and so on surrounding his objectionable views/activities. Edward Wakelin 21:17, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep: Regardless of all other random notability guidelines like WP:PROF (which he probably fails), he does pass the most important one: He merits NONTRIVIAL COVERAGE in MULTIPLE, RELIABLE SOURCES. That is the only notability criteria that really matters. Article should be kept. --Jayron32 06:39, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, notable. Everyking 09:48, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, is in fact notable for his holocaust denial. --Eliyak

T·C 01:18, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

• Keep, the existence of a professor at an elite American university who is also a Holocaust Denier is noteworthy. Wikipedia (rightly) has a set of articles on revisionism. Anybody who wanted to research revisionism would certainly find that this article contributed to his essential knowledge of the abhorrent subject. -- Mpope 15:06, 30 October 2006.

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.