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The result was speedy keep as nominator withdrew due to the addition of sources (non-admin closure) Chess (talk) (please use ((ping|Chess)) on reply) 19:24, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hilton Obenzinger[edit]

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I can't find any information on this person besides his website, some mentions on academic websites that he exists, and the fact he wrote a testimonial claiming to be a part of the Columbia 1968 student protests, see here: [1] Obenzinger definitely appears to fail the general notability criteria. He appears to possibly be some sort of academic due to his institutional affiliations and Stanford's School of Humanities and Sciences lists him [2] as "Associate Director, Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project at Stanford" which is confirmed by that project's page [3]. He appears also to teach at Stanford regarding writing. That doesn't appear to make him a particularly notable academic. Additionally, while he has won an "American Book Award", that appears to be a relatively minor prize and is actually awarded to 10+ people each year, diminishing the significance of Obenzinger winning it. Obenzinger also appears to fail WP:NAUTHOR as well. Chess (talk) (please use ((ping|Chess)) on reply) 03:44, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Chess (talk) (please use ((ping|Chess)) on reply) 03:44, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Poetry-related deletion discussions. Chess (talk) (please use ((ping|Chess)) on reply) 03:44, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Palestine-related deletion discussions. Chess (talk) (please use ((ping|Chess)) on reply) 03:44, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as an easy pass of WP:NAUTHOR. Without looking hard, here are several reviews of his books.[4][5][6] Additionally, his book American Palestine: Melville, Twain, and the Holy Land Mania has enough citations for a possible (somewhat marginal) pass of WP:NPROF C1. Failure of WP:BEFORE? I do agree that the article is in poor shape. Russ Woodroofe (talk) 07:07, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:AUTHOR. Many reviews have now been added to the article. —David Eppstein (talk) 16:54, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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