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The result was keep. Sam Walton (talk) 11:01, 6 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Fails all criteria of WP:NACADEMIC: Google Scholar does not suggest frequent citation, and regular Google results are sparse as well. —swpb^T 12:58, 27 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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• Tentative Keep -- Google books prevew returns what appears to be sufficient mentions, including a reference to his works as a "breakthrough" and a "comprehensive study of Canadian local politics". K.e.coffman (talk) 17:56, 27 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep — Seems to have sufficient citations on Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=higgins+djh&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 and on Google search. He is variously named as "Douglas Higgins", "DJH Higgins", and combinations thereof. Theo (Talk) 12:06, 31 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak delete. I'm only seeing an h-index of 4 on Google scholar for author:djh-higgins — this may not mean much for this area, where book publishing rather than journal articles may be more the norm, but it's definitely not enough to form the basis of a keep opinion here. Worldcat shows ok library holdings for his two books (296 for "Urban Canada : its government and politics" and 118 for "Local and urban politics in Canada") but I'd be more convinced by in-depth reviews of these books than by numbers. —David Eppstein (talk) 00:48, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - Appears to meet notability guidelines and is noted academically. -- Dane2007 ^talk 14:31, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep the scholar search and the results provided by K.e.coffman are enough to merit inclusion in my opinion. TonyBallioni (talk) 14:35, 4 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep and hope for improvement.E.M.Gregory (talk) 16:15, 5 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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