Deletion of Derek George Smyth

Comment: by nominator: {{replyto|Mccapra|AleatoryPonderings|Paul H.}} "Hoax" assertion struck. This is perhaps an cautionary tale about the shortcomings of Wikipedia, about how article deletion and retention is in the hands of lay people - like me - not experts. This article https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Derek_George_Smyth&oldid=977173274 could have been speedily deleted as a hoax. Someone - me - Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Shirt58|with advanced permissions granted by the Wikipedia community decided that it should be discussed here instead, with the now obviously incorrect assertion that it may be a hoax. In the " done" assertion, I pretty much manifestly made the mistake of requesting for Internet-era references. I'm unambiguously  here. so I'll leave it at this. Pete AU aka
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion (:WP:BEFORE||:WP:INVOLVED)

Comment: under , as other have said
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NACADEMIC)