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The result was keep. MBisanz ^talk 09:55, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lex Miller[edit]

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This stub consists only of a reference to one letter written to Martin Luther King, Jr. by Mr. Miller. Lex Miller does not even come close to meeting WP:Notability. A Google search brings up only one relevant result for "Lex Miller" and only only one apparent relevant result for this particular "Alexander Miller". A WP article for someone who merely happened to write MLK a letter is wholly unnecessary. Kenosis (talk) 03:22, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. I'm inclined to reverse my nomination preference in light of the additional information presented here. Though not a "major" figure, he now appears to me to meet WP:NOTE. Thanks for the information about him, folks. Obviously a merge with redirect would be appropriate. ... Kenosis (talk) 17:19, 4 November 2008 (UTC) ... Updated addendum: This begins to make sense in light of the comments provided here. Following Crusio, Metropolitan90 and others who've submitted comments below, maybe redirect and merge both existing articles to Alexander Miller (theologian), with a disabig page for "Alexander Miller", of which there are several. ... Kenosis (talk) 07:17, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete as per nom. RayAYang (talk) 05:50, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Change to Keep as per John Z's comments below. RayAYang (talk) 16:31, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. -- RayAYang (talk) 05:50, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom. In fact, when I googled Lex Miller, most of the hits had nothing to do with the subject of this article. OrangeMarlin ^{Talk• Contributions} 06:12, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Zealand-related deletion discussions. —David Eppstein (talk) 07:19, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Neutral. A professor at Stanford University might well be notable per WP:PROF. But this article needs to be rewritten and restructured, since a tangential association with Martin Luther King, Jr. is not necessarily enough to base a biographical article on. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 09:10, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge per Crusio. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 01:09, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep One gets better results with "Alexander Miller", but then the problems is the commonness of the name. This gnews search gets 42 hits for his time at Stanford, indicating he was well known in his day. The memorial resolution gives one quite enough to write an article. This book calls him "a major voice at the time among theological university reformers."John Z (talk) 09:45, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment We have another article on him at Alexander "Lex" Miller.John Z (talk) 10:11, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per John Z and redirect and merge both existing articles to Alexander Miller (theologian). It might be useful to then change the current Alexander Miller into a disambiguation page. --Crusio (talk) 10:28, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - of some apparent historical note. No BLP concerns or anything. WilyD 13:26, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Per John Z and following suggestions by Crusio. Also note his William Belden Noble Lectures[1], which are: "... an American series of annual presentations by accomplished individuals, held at Harvard University."--Eric Yurken (talk) 15:27, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep but change title to Alexander Miller. •Jim62sch•^dissera! 18:34, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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