Deletion of Andrew J Newman

Comment: He ''may'' be an authority in his speciality, but we have no ''evidence'' that he is. Thanks to CronopioFlotante for the reminder that |Notability requires verifiable evidence to justify inclusion, and I believe previous contributors to this discussion already have made a reasonable |good-faith search for such evidence. WorldCat Identities' http://orlabs.oclc.org/identities/lccn-nr93-9509 results say his two authored books are held by 185 and 120 of the libraries they cover, while the two he's edited are in 124 and 6 libraries. This is nowhere near the level (nine books, most widely held in 809 & 639 libraries) shown by Cheryl Rubenberg, another scholar of the Middle-East, whose Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cheryl Rubenberg|recent AfD generated much discussion
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NRVE||WP:FAILN)

Comment: Top GS cites are 10, 6, 4 ..... Clearly inadequate for rof #1 as noted above. Cite patterns in this field could be significant. Input from Islamic scholars is desirable
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Portal (WP:P)