Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ray Coppinger
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The result was speedy keep. Withdrawing nom & allowing for article to be substantially improved by article creator. Furthermore, their might be a possible COMMONNAME error & article may be moved to COMMONNAME after a discussion with the article creator. (non-admin closure) Celestina007 (talk) 18:15, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
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Subject of article is a professor but does not satisfy WP:NPROF criteria reserved for academics. Celestina007 (talk) 17:51, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
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Comment: Ray Coppinger is indeed notable. He and his wife were subject to an extensive article about their life and work in The NY Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/19/science/the-world-is-full-of-dogswithout-collars.html Thriley (talk) 17:56, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
- Keep: The article needs more sourcing, but Coppinger plausibly meets the first criteria of
The person's research has had a significant impact in their scholarly discipline, broadly construed, as demonstrated by independent reliable sources.
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- Keep per above. I think I made a mistake in titling the article. Perhaps I should have used "Raymond Coppinger" instead of "Ray Coppinger"? I imagine more of his academic research is under Raymond. Thriley (talk) 18:10, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
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