Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert A. Bryan

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The result was keep. postdlf (talk) 05:23, 4 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Robert A. Bryan

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Does not appear to meet Wikipedia:Notability (academics) criteria. His major claim to notability is being interim president for a very brief period at two universities. Gamaliel (talk) 17:58, 27 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Non notable academic persona. Doesn't meet specific criteria and also fails GNG Eduemoni ^↑talk↓ 18:32, 27 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Did anyone actually review the linked sources in the footnotes? There are multiple non-trivial references to Bryan in multiple, independent, reliable sources, thus satisfying the general notability guidelines per WP:GNG. Nothing more is required. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 19:08, 27 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. While there is wide-ranging coverage in multiple major newspapers of Bryan's career at the University of Florida, and later at the University of Central Florida and the University of South Florida, here is one particularly good example: [1]. Please note that it is a two-page article, with the bulk of the text on the second page. In addition to the linked newspaper articles in the Wikipedia article footnotes, here's a link to the complete Google News Archive search: [2]. There are dozens of news articles, and the depth of coverage is more than sufficient to satisfy the GNG standard. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 21:23, 27 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. —Mike moral ♪♫ 06:58, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. —Mike moral ♪♫ 06:58, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per WP:ACADEMIC. Specifically, "The person has held a highest-level elected or appointed academic post at a major academic institution or major academic society." He was the president of three large Division I universities, it doesn't get higher than that in American education administration. Jrcla2 (talk) 13:33, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Interim president is not the same as president, but doing it three times is enough for me, especially in light of the newspaper coverage. —David Eppstein (talk) 05:51, 29 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, and easily, per WP:ACADEMIC. Silly nomination, imo. --Zeng8r (talk) 20:54, 29 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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