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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (confer) @ 10:14, 13 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Richard John Durley (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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See talk page for page creators assertion of notability. IMHO having a Who's Who entry does not confer notabilty, since it may be self-published. (This is also mentioned in notability guidelines: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_%28people%29#Notes) Autobiography and self-promotion are not the routes to having an encyclopaedia article. The barometer of notability is whether people independent of the subject itself have actually considered the subject notable enough that they have written and published non-trivial works that focus upon it. Thus, entries in biographical dictionaries that accept self-nominations (such as the Marquis Who's Who) do not prove notability.) I also am not convinced that being a Member of the Order of the British Empire ( "the most junior and most populous order of chivalry in the British and other Commonwealth honours systems") makes one notable in and of itself. —Gaff ^ταλκ 17:35, 6 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. Ascii002Talk Contribs GuestBook 01:02, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. Ascii002Talk Contribs GuestBook 01:02, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Ascii002Talk Contribs GuestBook 01:02, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

• KEEP: The reference to Professor Richard Durley is in Who's Who, published by A&C Black Limited, which does not accept self nominations. The note above which gives cause for deletion relates to Marquis Who's Who, an entirely different publication from Who's Who (UK) (and Who Was Who), which doesn't accept self-nominations. Who's Who is an independent, reliable source, so meets WP:GNG MJT21 (talk) 08:09, 9 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• KEEP: Durley was a Professor at a well established Canadian University, an author and a key contributor to the Canadian war effort MJT21 (talk) 10:34, 10 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Holder of a chair at a major university at a time when there weren't many actual chairs at universities. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:19, 10 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. One of three members of the commission to make recommendations on the design of the University of British Columbia MJT21 (talk) 12:18, 12 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • @MJT21: Please note that you should only "vote" once, not every time you add a new opinion. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:46, 12 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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