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The result was withdrawn by nominator. (non-admin closure) IntoThinAir (talk) 22:45, 11 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Peder Mortensen[edit]

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No evidence of notability. Three refs are simply genealogical sites which show that he existed but not that he was notable. The article also appears to conflate two people of the same name, one who was working in 1974 and one who died in 1866. Fails WP:GNG Velella ^{Velella Talk} 10:01, 11 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Archaeology-related deletion discussions. Velella ^{Velella Talk} 10:01, 11 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Denmark-related deletion discussions. Velella ^{Velella Talk} 10:01, 11 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment – Have fixed the mixup of those two unrelated people. He is an adjunct professor and doesn't appear to pass WP:NSCHOLAR, but he is included in the Great Danish Encyclopedia [1]. – Thjarkur (talk) 11:11, 11 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I think the English-language equivalent of adjungeret professor is more honorary professor than adjunct professor. – Joe (talk) 11:44, 11 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The article conflates two people named Peder Mortensen. Per nom, the one born in 1866 probably isn't notable – all I can find is genealogical references too. But the archaeologist meets WP:PROF#C1 (festschrift [2], widely held publications [3]), WP:PROF#C5 (honorary professor at Copenhagen [4] and formerly Director of Moesgaard Museum and the Danish Institute in Damascus), WP:PROF#C3 (member of the Royal Danish Academy [5]) and probably also the WP:GNG ([6][7][8][9][10]). So keep the article on him and cut the content about the other Mortensen. Full disclosure: his office is next to mine. So I can confirm he didn't die in 1866. – Joe (talk) 11:40, 11 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. – Joe (talk) 11:47, 11 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep now that the unrelated genealogy cruft has been removed. Among the rationales listed above by Joe Roe, membership in the Royal Danish Academy makes the clearest case. —David Eppstein (talk) 21:44, 11 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Withdrawn - I am content to withdraw the AfD nomination now that it is clearly about only one person with a more or less rational career path and with sources that appear to satisfy WP:GNG. Velella ^{Velella Talk} 22:29, 11 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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