Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Colin Timms

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The result was keep. Consensus is quite clear that subject passes WP:NACADEMIC. (non-admin closure) Ifnord (talk) 12:07, 24 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Despite graduating from University of Cambridge, the article may pass WP:BLP but fails the WP:GNG. Sheldybett (talk) 03:06, 18 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep as subject is an academic who held the Peyton and Barber Professor of Music named chair and therefore passes WP:NACADEMIC#5. Bakazaka (talk) 03:17, 18 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 03:18, 18 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 03:18, 18 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 03:18, 18 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep per WP:NACADEMIC#5. As previously mentioned (and already present in the article at the time it was nominated) Timms held the Peyton and Barber Professor of Music. Thsmi002 (talk) 03:50, 18 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Clear pass of WP:NACADEMIC. The Drover's Wife (talk) 03:55, 18 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep: The subject's former academic position meets criterion 5 of WP:NACADEMIC and being awarded the Derek Allen Prize by a chartered institution of which the subject was also a Fellow and of which he served as Secretary also meets criteria 2 and 3. AllyD (talk) 08:02, 18 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep as creator. Timms held a named chair in a major UK research university (WP:NACADEMIC#5) and has won a substantial award in his field (the Derek Allen Prize, which seems to meet WP:NACADEMIC#2). Additionally, he has published a range of books which have been the subject of peer-reviewed commentary in scholarly journals (e.g., 1, 2). —Noswall59 (talk) 09:59, 18 December 2018 (UTC).[reply]
• Keep People who pass WP:NACADEMIC do not need to pass WP:GNG. Nom, please read WP:NACADEMIC: "This guideline is independent from the other subject-specific notability guidelines, such as WP:BIO, WP:MUSIC, WP:AUTH etc. and is explicitly listed as an alternative to the general notability guideline. ... if an academic is notable under this guideline, his or her failure to meet either the general notability guideline or other subject-specific notability guidelines is irrelevant." RebeccaGreen (talk) 08:22, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep as obviously passes WP:ACADEMIC. Blythwood (talk) 12:40, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Snow keep. The named chair makes it unnecessary to look harder for other aspects of notability. —David Eppstein (talk) 00:17, 24 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.