Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maurice Larkin
adding to the above: For historians and others in the humanities it is always advisable to check scholarship in the form of books and their institutional holdings. Larkin's output/impact were obviously tremendous, with holdings statistics from WorldCat: ''Man and society'' http://www.worldcat.org/title/man-and-society-in-nineteenth-century-realism-determinism-and-literature/oclc/2680873&referer=brief_results 916, ''France since the Popular Front'' http://www.worldcat.org/title/france-since-the-popular-front-government-and-people-1936-1986/oclc/17483136&referer=brief_results 790, ''Church and state after the Dreyfus affair'' http://www.worldcat.org/title/church-and-state-after-the-dreyfus-affair-the-separation-issue-in-france/oclc/866899&referer=brief_results 701, ''Religion, politics, and preferment in France since 1890'' http://www.worldcat.org/title/religion-politics-and-preferment-in-france-since-1890-la-belle-epoque-and-its-legacy/oclc/30594213&referer=brief_results 395, ... These numbers show a conclusive pass on  #1, entirely independent of GNG. Nom may wish to withdraw. Keeping this AfD open any longer will only be wasting time
— User:Agricola44, 18:54, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:PROF (Wikipedia:Notability)