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The result was keep. Malcolmxl5 ( talk) 00:56, 16 February 2018 (UTC) reply

Barry Bluestone

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Sounds like a resume rather than a person of importance? PabloMartinez ( talk) 21:25, 8 February 2018 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Every morning (there's a halo...) 21:37, 8 February 2018 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. Every morning (there's a halo...) 21:42, 8 February 2018 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Economics-related deletion discussions. Every morning (there's a halo...) 21:42, 8 February 2018 (UTC) reply

• Strong keep For one thing, deletion is not cleanup, so the poor state the article may be written in now is irrelevant to whether its subject is notable, which I believe he is: the main reason I think this is that he holds a named chair appointment at Northwestern, which allows him to pass WP:PROF#C5 all by itself. Additionally, his h-index, for example, appears to be about 34 (going by Google Scholar), indicative of a pass of WP:PROF#C1. Every morning (there's a halo...) 03:15, 9 February 2018 (UTC) reply
• Keep -- Meets WP:NPROF(5) as the holder of a named chair at a major R1 university. Furthermore his GS h-index is 34, which is really high. Also, see the citations for his book The deindustrialization of America: Plant closings, community abandonment, and the dismantling of basic industry. There are more than 4000, which gives him NPROF(1) as well. This is a very clear keep. 192.160.216.52 ( talk) 15:51, 9 February 2018 (UTC) reply
• Keep per the findings by User talk:192.160.216.52. Thsmi002 ( talk) 16:00, 9 February 2018 (UTC) reply
• Keep holds a named chair a Northeastern University, a regionally accredited U.S. university, and therefore meets WP:NPROF criteria number 5. Chetsford ( talk) 20:05, 14 February 2018 (UTC) reply
• It is obvious from news reports that this page has been listed for deletion because of Mr. Bluestone's appearance in news articles condemning President Trump, and is therefore an attempt at censoring his beliefs, not because he is considered unimportant as of February 8, 2018; or that the article is poorly written. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.93.246.66 ( talk) 04:16, 9 February 2018‎

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