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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter Sparling

: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. Mark Arsten (talk) 03:13, 12 October 2013 (UTC)

=[[Peter Sparling]]=

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Notability not established, and I couldn't establish it. Seems to be promotion by single-purpose account. Boleyn (talk) 07:13, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:30, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of Arts-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:30, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:30, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

  • Keep -- per WP:PROF#C5 -- the holding of a named chair at a major institution is notable in itself. The Dance dept. at UM is a major department in the field. -- Michael Scott Cuthbert (talk) 03:49, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
  • Keep. As well as the news pieces already cited in the article, his performances have been reviewed multiple times in the New York Times: [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10B13FC385413728DDDAA0994DD405B888BF1D3 May 1978] [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0F13FF355511728DDDAC0894D8415B898BF1D3 Oct 1979] [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10714FE3D5E12728DDDAD0994D8415B8084F1D3 Oct 1980] [http://www.nytimes.com/1981/11/16/arts/the-dance-peter-sparling.html Nov. 1981] [http://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/04/arts/dance-martha-graham-revives-plain-of-prayer.html Jun 1986] [http://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/21/arts/dance-in-review-910201.html Oct 1996] (not counting additional brief announcements). I think he passes WP:GNG as well as (by having a named chair) WP:PROF. —David Eppstein (talk) 04:51, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
  • Keep per David Eppstein. DavidLeighEllis (talk) 16:03, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

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