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Sadly, I don't think this individual meets our notability criteria. There's perhaps an argument for notability under
WP:AUTHOR, but I haven't been able to find significant coverage to meet
WP:GNG - which is presumably why the article has to rely on non-published sources for details of the date of death.
Cordless Larry (
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10:45, 16 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Comment@
DGG: as although his expertise is in academics, believe he also has a more general library background and can advise. Personally feel like there might be enough there, especially if we can find better sourcing on Besterman/McColvin Award. At the moment, neutral as I look further into Milligan.
StarM15:54, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Keep. He was the librarian of a specialized society, which does not usually lead to notability, but he seems to have been the principal figure in the field. He furthermore has two of the automatic passes in WP:PROF--he received an honorary degree, (other than one from his own institution) , and a festschrift was written as a tribute to him. I'm not familiarwith the prize, but it might be additional. DGG (
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18:20, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Thanks for your input,
DGG, which is always appreciated. Yes, I did consider the festschrift, although the reference in the article suggests that it was self-published by one of the editors, so I largely discounted it. I hadn't appreciated the significance of the honorary degree for
WP:PROF, however.
Cordless Larry (
talk)
19:07, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Keep -- This is a case that does not quite fit with the standard criteria, either for academics or authors, but I would expect the holder of his library post to be a prime authority on the history of Quakers. I see at least 5 serious academic works among his listed publications. Furthermore, having a festschrift, normally associated with retirement is an indication that other scholars regarded the person as notable. Several of these alone would perhaps not be quite enough for WP notability. Added together, I think they should take him over that hurdle.
Peterkingiron (
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16:08, 25 October 2020 (UTC)reply
As Ted Milligan died quite recently, it may be that an authoritative obituary maybe published soon.
Vernon White. . . Talk
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Sadly, I don't think this individual meets our notability criteria. There's perhaps an argument for notability under
WP:AUTHOR, but I haven't been able to find significant coverage to meet
WP:GNG - which is presumably why the article has to rely on non-published sources for details of the date of death.
Cordless Larry (
talk)
10:45, 16 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Comment@
DGG: as although his expertise is in academics, believe he also has a more general library background and can advise. Personally feel like there might be enough there, especially if we can find better sourcing on Besterman/McColvin Award. At the moment, neutral as I look further into Milligan.
StarM15:54, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Keep. He was the librarian of a specialized society, which does not usually lead to notability, but he seems to have been the principal figure in the field. He furthermore has two of the automatic passes in WP:PROF--he received an honorary degree, (other than one from his own institution) , and a festschrift was written as a tribute to him. I'm not familiarwith the prize, but it might be additional. DGG (
talk )
18:20, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Thanks for your input,
DGG, which is always appreciated. Yes, I did consider the festschrift, although the reference in the article suggests that it was self-published by one of the editors, so I largely discounted it. I hadn't appreciated the significance of the honorary degree for
WP:PROF, however.
Cordless Larry (
talk)
19:07, 21 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Keep -- This is a case that does not quite fit with the standard criteria, either for academics or authors, but I would expect the holder of his library post to be a prime authority on the history of Quakers. I see at least 5 serious academic works among his listed publications. Furthermore, having a festschrift, normally associated with retirement is an indication that other scholars regarded the person as notable. Several of these alone would perhaps not be quite enough for WP notability. Added together, I think they should take him over that hurdle.
Peterkingiron (
talk)
16:08, 25 October 2020 (UTC)reply
As Ted Milligan died quite recently, it may be that an authoritative obituary maybe published soon.
Vernon White. . . Talk
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