Talk:J. T. Vallance

message: Vallance is no longer associated with Sydney Grammar School, and is now State Librarian and Chief Executive State Library of New South Wales. There are plenty of citations indicating notability, and I have removed the redirection. 
Pru.mitchell (talk) 14:10, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unmerging 

message: I have restored the "disputed merger" banner with the following edit summary:
"Restoring disputed merger banner; it doesn't make sense to remove it while the dispute continues and people of good faith  disagree on the issue."
I hope that's clear.  Some people want a merge, at least one person opposes it.  These seem to be sincerely held views so there's no doubt that the dispute is a real one.  Please resolve this dispute in a civil manner. I'll try to help if I can. --Tony SidawayTalk 08:27, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: That sounds like an excellent idea. That way there will be information about him in the school article, and anyone wanting to know more can go to this article. --Tony SidawayTalk 10:25, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  I tried google, but I still don't know who is Mr Vallance. But this (citations by others) about his book should be included somewhere (either here or in a subsection of Sydney Grammar School, I don't know if it should be merged or not). Good luck to all those who are involved and interested in this topic. +MATIA  ☎ 10:33, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Restored the banner

message: I don't know who is Mr Vallance. The article is too small that merging sounds good as an option (and keeping this page as a redirect). Perhaps he is a notable scientist. In that case, I would suggest to all parties interested, the following: Write a small paragraph on the big article that would be a summary for J. T. Vallance and then expand the article about Vallance. It is marked  as a stub, and I agree with that tag. +MATIA  ☎ 10:12, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: That sounds like an excellent idea. That way there will be information about him in the school article, and anyone wanting to know more can go to this article. --Tony SidawayTalk 10:25, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  I tried google, but I still don't know who is Mr Vallance. But this (citations by others) about his book should be included somewhere (either here or in a subsection of Sydney Grammar School, I don't know if it should be merged or not). Good luck to all those who are involved and interested in this topic. +MATIA  ☎ 10:33, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  a note 

message: I go to Sydney Grammar and know him enough that he should have his own article. In a couple of months when I will have enough time, I can write a whole article on him, not just a paragraph. I may ask him to write some information himself (unlikey though). He is a classics teacher, specialising in Latin and Greek. The article does not only have to be a biography of course, it can also have the significant changes that have taken place. However, at the moment until I have time to write the article I don't mind merging and redirecting it to Sydney Grammar. DaGizza Chat (c) 10:53, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: That's nice. I agree that it's unlikely that he'll write his wiki but perhaps he could grant some sort of license to reproduce some passages about him, or anything similar, here in WP. +MATIA  ☎ 13:51, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Enough Info

message: Article is now merged following removal of objection from User:Savaloy as per his edit of 20:02, 23 October 2005 (AEST) --User:AYArktos |  Talk 10:31, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merged 

message: Since Vallance is a fellow of Gonville and Caius and is also a published author, he's almost certainly notable enough for his own article. Being the head of a prestigious school makes him more so, not less.  
I refer to:
* Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Precedents
** Authors and writers are notable if they have released a book (other than through vanity press)
** Professors are notable if they have made significant contribution to one or more books (not just papers)
--Tony SidawayTalk 10:33, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with Tony. +MATIA  ☎ 10:34, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: On notability

message: Since he is notable, I'd suggest to remove the phrases "The book itself is regularly quoted in the Oxford Archaeology Department, University of Chicago Archaeology Department and several natural medicinal volumes internationally.Dr. Vallance is also the author of the entries on medicine and anthropology in 'The Oxford Classical Dictionary 5th Edition'." from the big article and have a wikilink to point here (then this should be expanded by those who know about him). +MATIA  ☎ 10:39, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  proposal