Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Cousins (writer)

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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. John254 00:30, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mark Cousins (writer)

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Notability of this article has been questioned in February 2007; no secondary sources are listed. A PROD was contested with comment: "seems to have major US and UK positions". This does not directly imply notability howver. A search for sources has failed. Cf. the article's edit history and talk page. -- Sent here as part of the Notability wikiproject. --B. Wolterding (talk) 16:18, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

  • Keep (as long as some decent independent sources can be found). I have added a source to the article, and an external link to a profile which suggests notability to me, for his publications and academic work. Some independent sources would help. Seems to be plenty to sift through on Google. --Michig (talk) 17:20, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete I didn't find anything independent in my fairly extensive search. "Mark" and "Cousins" are common names and what I mostly found was other people. There should be more academic profiles if the notability exists. --Stormbay (talk) 18:01, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep as notable. A Google News archive search turned up about 20 press mentions and Google Scholar about 100 citations when I searched for "Mark Cousins" + architecture. --A. B. (talk) 19:28, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletions. —David Eppstein (talk) 22:32, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep the GS references look significant--he seems to be referred to as an important figure in the field. Iwould change it to Mark Cousins (architect). DGG (talk) 06:01, 15 December 2007 (UTC).
  • Keep Rename maybe, but his leadership positions are clearly notable. Mbisanz (talk) 08:40, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Length of time that notability has been questioned isn't grounds for deletion. Secondary sources can (and should) be added. (There are tags for article cleanup.) Rray (talk) 14:11, 15 December 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.