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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/P. O. Davis

:The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was keep. MBisanz talk 01:47, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

=[[P. O. Davis]]=

:{{la|P. O. Davis}} ([{{fullurl:P. O. Davis|wpReason={{urlencode: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/P. O. Davis}}&action=delete}} delete]) – (View AfD)(View log)

Unnotable educator. Fails WP:N and WP:PROF. Entire article is basically self-promotional materials from Alabama Cooperative Extension System, who has a PR person (self-admitted) creating various articles for every one of their directors, all repeating their own existing materials. Article is completely sourced to P.O. Davis' own writings and publications/writings from the Extension service and its associated university. -- Collectonian (talk · contribs) 04:51, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Alabama-related deletion discussions. —Artw (talk) 07:14, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. —Artw (talk) 07:14, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. —Artw (talk) 07:14, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
  • Keep as a notable broadcasting pioneer for his work with WAPI, in addition to his governmental and educational roles. Sourcing here is a concern but that's a matter for cleanup, not deletion, and a casual search turns up [http://books.google.com/books?id=9Q86nal5whUC&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=%22p.+o.+davis%22+wapi&source=bl&ots=D87H2Wpeyz&sig=54yiEexPttT1DKFwBTFLoLORKBw&hl=en&ei=1RKwSdL4GN-BtwfQyonuBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result interesting results] from independent sources. - Dravecky (talk) 18:04, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. —David Eppstein (talk) 04:42, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
  • Keep Notable as academic and as administrator. The article however seems to be a cut and paste from the sources, and a probable copyvio, and therefore really needs to be rewritten entirely. DGG (talk) 01:20, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
  • Keep. Meets WP:BIO. News coverage [http://news.google.com/archivesearch?as_q=alabama&num=10&hl=en&btnG=Search+Archives&as_epq=p.o.+davis indicates notability]. Possibly meets WP:PROF as well.--Eric Yurken (talk) 18:45, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

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