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The result was keep Randomeditor1000 (talk) 23:47, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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No substantial news coverage of professor. Is a college distinguished professor but does not meet other criteria under item 1, item 2, item 3, generally no specific sources that explain notability per. Wikipedia:Notability_(academics). Randomeditor1000 (talk) 03:48, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. XOR'easter (talk) 17:16, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Law-related deletion discussions. XOR'easter (talk) 17:16, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep Holding a named chair, with "distinguished" in the title, counts for WP:PROF#C5. (Meeting any one of the WP:PROF criteria is sufficient.) The books he's written or co-authored have been reviewed [1][2][3][4] (not always positively [5], but for present purposes, that doesn't matter). This supports a pass per WP:AUTHOR. XOR'easter (talk) 17:31, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: A majority of average professors in the field of law have peer reviewed articles, contribute to journals, or, books containing information from their field of interest. Lawyers tend to be prolific in writing and publication because their academic foundation is on opinion, interpretation and application of the law. That alone, does not meet WP:AUTHOR in this context. I don't see what value there is in keeping this article beyond the mere fact it meets criterion #5 as the previous version of this article had multiple issues. Randomeditor1000 (talk) 18:57, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep per WP:PROF#C5 and WP:AUTHOR as above. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:24, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep for the reasons listed above. Ross-c (talk) 20:53, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep as WP:AUTHOR; multiple works published with university presses. Reviews are mostly likely available. K.e.coffman (talk) 22:43, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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