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This article was nominated for deletion on 24 November 2009 (UTC). The result of the discussion was keep.

Merger proposal

I am proposing that Denis Alexander be merged here for the following WP:MERGE rationales:

2. Overlap: this article already has all the information contained in that short stub (that Alexander is this institute's director and that he edits Science and Christian Belief.
3. Text: that article "is very short and is unlikely to be expanded within a reasonable amount of time"
4. Context: Alexander is notable mainly (solely?) for his work for the Institute, so it makes more sense to discuss him in the context of it, rather than in isolation.

Hrafn^Talk_Stalk^(P) 13:55, 4 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I expanded it substantially within what I consider a reasonable amount of time, and it was readily apparent that Alexander is considered notable and has been so for quite some time by CNN, the New Scientist, Nature, and others. So, uh, no. And please no more stealth redirects. Sumbuddi (talk) 17:19, 4 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The article still lacks non-overlapping material that isn't either (i) sourced to Alexander's Faraday Institute bio or (ii) a simple quotefarm of statements he's made. Hrafn^Talk_Stalk^(P) 05:10, 8 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No, he's a multiply-published author of some quite considerable books, and also did significant scientific work (Google Scholar seems to give over 300 scientific papers. (I do know him but I this is NPoV) NBeale (talk) 19:42, 11 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The bedrock standard is (depth of) third party coverage -- "multiply-published author of some quite considerable books" is irrelevant, unless and until covered by third parties. Hrafn^Talk_Stalk^(P) 05:12, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That is relevant to notability. We should only merge if there is so much overlap between the two articles that there is no relevant information in A that is not/should not be in B. eg Alexander's book "Rebuilding the matrix" has had a number of reviews in reliable sources(eg here, here NBeale (talk) 22:42, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

So why haven't you added material to Denis Alexander based upon this & all the other reviews you state are out there? Hrafn^Talk_Stalk^(P) 03:25, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

<(a) I know Denis and it might be considered CoI. (b) I'm very busy, esp with a cosmology paper being sent to me that was inspired by a remark in Questions of Truth on top of my day-job work. Sorry. NBeale (talk) 21:06, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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