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The result was delete. Sandstein 10:37, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Jack Randolph Hutchins[edit]

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The only reference here that actually would count as a secondary source, the one about President Monson and Elder Oaks presenting President Obama with his family history, has the major drawback of not mentioning Hutchins at all. The first three references in the article are in the first case misciting some individuals self-published file of references as a publication of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The whole line shows a failure to understand lots of related issues. A book being in the Library of Congress is not a sign of notability to the author, or even the book. Nothing in the article comes even close to demonstrating notability as an academic, which is what the article tries to present. Hutchins books did not have broad impact, and he was not editor-in-chief of a major publication. There are notable specialists in geneology, but Hutchins is not one of them. John Pack Lambert (talk) 04:31, 16 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 04:47, 16 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Washington-related deletion discussions. ...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 15:09, 17 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per nom. I don't think he fits WP:NACADEMIC which is the closest criterion here. --Fiftytwo thirty (talk) 04:43, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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