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The result was delete. PeaceNT 06:57, 20 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Phillip Torres (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

Non-notable person. Being a distinguished scholar does not make a person notable - it just suggests that someone thinks they might be notable at some point. I also can't find any evidence on the web that a 'Torres' has published the article attributed to him - not that one article published and two in the pipeline = notable.Anarchia 04:32, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletions. —David Eppstein 04:47, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. This may be an extremely literate hoax (the meaning of the meaning of meaning?). Google Scholar gives zero hits for this name, either as Philip or Phillip, and Harvard.edu doesn't return anything for either name, let alone as a distinguished scholar. Google and Google News return zero relevant hits for the name, with or without "the meaning of meaning". I can't accept that this meets WP:Verifiable unless I've really been misled, which is possible. If there was a citation for this "influential paper", I might be more convinced.Accounting4Taste 05:37, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - As the editor who removed the speedy deletion tag as the article asserts the notability of the topic, I searched for net clues on this person and couldn't find anything on anybody with this name related to Harvard. Unless somebody shows this isn't a hoax, I'll have to say delete. --Oakshade 05:49, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Per reasons stated by Accounting4Taste and my own search found nothing that proves this person even exists, let alone is a "Distinguished Scholar."
  Gonzo fan2007 ^{talk ♦ contribs} 05:53, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment - Suspect this may be a hoax of some sort. I couldn't verify that this person has any affiliation with Harvard. There seem to be multiple people named Phillip Torres, which is unsurprising given the wide use of the name Torres, but none of them seem to be the person described in this article, and none of them seem to be distinguished philosophers. — xDanielx ^T/_C 06:09, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Darn, two users beat me to it after an edit conflict. :( — xDanielx ^T/_C 06:10, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. There is a Phillip Torres who presented a paper on the philosophy of science involving Kuhn this year, but the program is for undergraduates. Seems like a fantasy CV. --Dhartung | Talk 11:38, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as unverifiable. Without references to go on, the name "Phillip J. Torres" is too vague per XDanielx. A Google Scholar search with Hilary Putnam brings up 1 Philip J. Torres paper at a different university and no longer online. • Gene93k 12:37, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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