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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) CAPTAIN RAJU (✉) 02:24, 29 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Fewer than 150 unique GHits, a couple of reviews (NYT, which normally counts for osmething, and New Republic, not so much), but no real evidence of significance. Guy (Help!) 23:40, 22 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: GHits are untrustworthy per comment against Arnold Kling below. More than surpasses NBOOK#1 with coverage also in/at WSJ, National Review, Foreign Affairs, Reason, Bloomberg View and BV again (...and then I found the author's page). Author is currently speedied, and as he doesn't appear to meet WP:ACADEMIC, merge or redirect would be a reasonable alternative. ^~Hydronium^~Hydroxide^~(Talk)~ 10:17, 23 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Meets WP:BKCRIT #1 with multiple reviews mentioned above and in the article. I'm not sure why the nominator says The New Republic doesn't count; it's a long-established and prominent magazine often cited in other media. And there is coverage in other sources. Colapeninsula (talk) 11:20, 23 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep: Plenty of significant reliable coverage. Google hits don't prove anything ever. SL93 (talk) 23:19, 27 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep as the sources available assert notability. I hope someone will edit the article, as it's a little on the POV side, with some editorializing going on. freshacconci (✉) 15:01, 28 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep meets WP:BKCRIT.E.M.Gregory (talk) 17:09, 28 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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