Deletion of Mark Thornton

Comment: I don't intend to !vote here, as I don't have time to go through all the links posted here. However, I read the discussion and I have to say that some of the arguments given here are completely misunderstanding WP:ACADEMIC. Whether or not a reference is positive about an author or his book has no bearing on notability. Something can be notable for being wrong, for example. One book devoting some paragraphs to another book/author does not seal notability. Academics cite each other all the time, that is nothing special. Only if there was, for example, a whole book about someone's ideas, that would really seal notability. A handful of citations does not meet ACADEMIC#1 either. We generally require at least ''hundreds'' of citations and a sizable h-index before mere citations are taken to establish notability. In a high-citation density field like economics, I would expect at least a thousand citations (or several articles/books with more than 100 citations each) and an h-index of at least 15. Of course,  trumps all, so if someone can find a few in-depth sources on a person (not an interview on a student blog), that would clinch the deal, too. Hope this helps your discussion a bit
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: Thornton does not appear to be notable; Steeletrap puts it better than I ever could. "Prohibition" may have more notability, but Thornton does |not inherit that notability
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions (WP:NOTINHERITED)