Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Oscar Mink

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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, with deletion of material in copyright violation. Espresso Addict 03:31, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Oscar Mink

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This article was nominated for speedy deletion per A7, non-notability. While the article is highly advertorial and needs cleanup/rewrite from scratch, Oscar Mink might be notable enough for Wikipedia, through his involvement with the University of Texas and Motorola University and through the awards he has received. Procedural listing, no opinion for the moment. AecisBrievenbus 11:04, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Weak keep as has enought references, books, but needs little cleanup Elmao 11:21, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment The entire article is pretty much copied from here [1] (you may have to scroll down a bit). This could be speedied as CSD G12, or just tagged as a copyvio. --Cyrus Andiron 16:47, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletions. —David Eppstein 14:39, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep and rewrite based on his accomplishments and the books he's written, quite a handful from notable publishers and university presses. Rewrite to get rid of copyvio issues.--Sethacus 18:23, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. Appears to be notable enough. • Lawrence Cohen 22:35, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Clearly notable though the article needs rewriting.It's typical of COI that while they engage in puffery, they dont get specific about he actual notability and the references for it. The link to the memorial says he wrote over" thirteen published books as well as over 100 articles, monographs, and book chapters.." Tha'ts enough, though we have to find them of course. Needs rewritingto eliminate the copyvio; I've started. DGG (talk) 07:28, 21 September 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.