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. —Quarl ^(talk) 2007-03-01 10:35Z

Bryan Reynolds (2nd nomination)[edit]

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After communicating with the previous closing administrator, trialsanderrors, the Reynolds article was initially userfied after being deleted in its first AfD. Since then, a number of changes have been made to the entry that correspond to the suggestions and criticisms generated by the first AfD. I have now placed it in a second AfD in concurrence with trialsanderrors' suggestion that it ought to be placed as such as part of procedure to determine whether it meets wiki critiria in being re-established as a wiki article. Gregorthebug 20:59, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• The article doesn't currently exist. If you're asking to have a previously-deleted article reinstated, the place for that is Wikipedia:Deletion review. --Elkman - (Elkspeak) 03:56, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Fixed. The article was created in userspace. I moved it to mainspace. ~ trialsanderrors 20:18, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment 1st AfD, result was delete; deleteion review, result was deletion endorsed without prejudice against recreation. The article was then userfied on request; changes to the article since userfication: diff. My opinion is that the subject might be notable but the article reads more like a panegyric than an encyclopedia entry. ~ trialsanderrors 20:27, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep The author is a full professor in a major research university (UC Irvine). He is therefore presumably N; he has furthermore written at least one very widely-discussed book--which would make him N even if he had no academic distinction. The sources are adequate, though the third party references see, limited to book reviews. The article is somewhat improved, and the puffery removed from the lede. A good deal still has to be removed elsewhere. I have removed the many duplicate citation of his own works, and will return if the article is kept. DGG 23:15, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have just returned toremove some of the detailed and jargon-laden summary of his own works, translating the kept portion into ordinary language--or as close to ordinary language as one can do with literary theory. This included quite a number of mentions of his own name, and links to many different people and subjects--I kept the links to the writers he discusses and to fellow critics. There are still some rough edges. Those who examined the article earlier might want to re-examine it now. DGG 23:54, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. This has become somewhat more encyclopedic, and I'm sure will continue to improve with DGG's help. Still needs to come out and directly say just what transversal theory is, though. —Celithemis 02:35, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. He is well-known. I've tried to say what transversal theory is. Fat Burner 19:21, 26 February 2007 (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.