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The result was keep. North America ¹⁰⁰⁰ 05:16, 15 November 2016 (UTC) reply

Ralph Knowles

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Fails WP:GNG. Article tagged for more than 8 years regarding notabilty and sources. Apparently dead too, but nothing to source that either. Lugnuts ^{Precious bodily fluids} 13:30, 24 October 2016 (UTC) reply

• Keep. He sounds fairly notable from this extensive obituary in the Fulton County Daily Report and this one issued by the Georgia State University College of Law (which helps with WP:V, if not WP:N). Even though the article as written focuses mostly on the Dow Corning case, it seems like his civil rights work and his prisoner advocacy are at least equally important, if not more so. There is extensive coverage of his college time at Alabama, including his opposition to George Wallace as student body president, in this book, this piece and this book discuss his civil rights work, and there are articles describing his work on behalf of prisoners, including his time as director of the National Prison Project, here and here and here and here and here and here and here (in the "Judge Orders Reforms at New Mexico Pen" article on p. 3). And that's just with a fairly cursory search of five or ten minutes. The sourcing in the current article is inadequate, but this does seem to me like a legitimately notable subject whose article needs improvement, not deletion. - 208.81.148.195 ( talk) 17:05, 24 October 2016 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. North America ¹⁰⁰⁰ 21:17, 24 October 2016 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Law-related deletion discussions. North America ¹⁰⁰⁰ 21:17, 24 October 2016 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Alabama-related deletion discussions. North America ¹⁰⁰⁰ 21:17, 24 October 2016 (UTC) reply

• Keep I agree with the logic of the other voter above. The article needs work, yes, but it definitely seems to me this person is notable. -- Krelnik ( talk) 18:22, 7 November 2016 (UTC) reply

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