Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steven Mithen
Whether the article was created to "buttress a point or not" that offers no rationale for deletion. (Buttressing substantive points is what we do, by providing sourcing and context.  refers to disruptive activity.) The individual seems notable whether or not his positions are considered mainstream: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/844 A dialog in the New York Review of Books is a very high indicator of notability to me. Additionally there are reviews http://www.americanscientist.org/template/BookReviewTypeDetail/assetid/42352;jsessionid=baa8H7Lk1frYD_ in American Scientist and http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/bios/mithen.html Edge Magazine all on the first page of google results. There doesn't seem to be any real question of notability. Please handle your issues in the other article through |standard procedures
— User:Dhartung, 11:10, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:POINT||WP:DR (Wikipedia:Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point)