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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 19:46, 31 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Lay scholar[edit]

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More like an Urban Dictionary entry than an encyclopedic one. It's a term, yes, but there is no notable uses for it and no references other than one to a use of potentially homophonous term that bears no relation. Almost no inbound links as well. JesseRafe (talk) 21:33, 24 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per WP:DICDEF. Bearian (talk) 02:39, 30 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per agreeing with above. A Guy into Books (talk) 13:47, 30 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 14:56, 31 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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