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17 Dec 2024 – John A. Tibbits (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Staraction (t · c); see discussion
08 Dec 2024 – Katerina Clark (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Miraclepine (t · c); see discussion

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29 Dec 2024 – Ryan T. Murphy (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by BlunanNation (t · c); see discussion (6 participants)
28 Dec 2024 – 2006 Westchester County tornado (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by EF5 (t · c); see discussion (5 participants; relisted)
22 Dec 2024 – Atlantic-Pacific Capital (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Imcdc (t · c); see discussion (3 participants; relisted)

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02 Jan 2025 – File:The badge of the Wolf's Head Society.png (talk · edit · hist) (on Wolf's Head Society) was FfDed by Iruka13 (t · c); see discussion

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18 Dec 2024 – John A. Tibbits (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Staraction (t · c); start discussion
01 Oct 2024 – Connecticut Colony (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Gazingo (t · c); start discussion
30 Jun 2024 – WUVN (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Sammi Brie (t · c); see discussion

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22 Dec 2024 – Western Connecticut State University (talk · edit · hist) move request to WestConn by Theparties (t · c) was not moved; see discussion
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22 Dec 2024 – Central Connecticut State University (talk · edit · hist) move request to Central Connecticut State by Theparties (t · c) was not moved; see discussion

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15 Jul 2024 – Hampshire and Hampden Canal (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to New Haven and Northampton Canal by Beland (t · c); see discussion

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22 Nov 2024 – Draft:Yale Summer Session (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Agfds141 (t · c)

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Geoff Tabin

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Does not appear to meet WP:NPROF. Fairweather Foundation is a small non-notable foundation. Risker (talk) 03:27, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Academics and educators, Medicine, England, Connecticut, Illinois, and Massachusetts. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 08:04, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep :I don't see how Fairweather Foundation is relevant to Geoff Tabin's notability. It is just the funding source of his current chair position, which seems relatively minor when compared to other things that make him notable such as him co-founding the Himalayan Cataract Project (the other founder has a page), being the fourth person to reach the top of the seven summits, and helping invent bungee jumping.

I believe Geoff is very notable based on the guidelines I have read. Beyond what I said above, there is a book about him and Sanduk (second suns), he himself is a published author, and there are articles written about him in magazines such as national geographic (ie https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/restoring-vision-for-south-sudan-dispatches-from-the-duk-lost-boys-clinic). Moreover, he was on the cover for the now defunct National Geographic Adventure magazine, who's Wikipedia page uses his image!

If there are other ways in which the article fails to pass notability thresholds, please let me know what I am missing, but again, I think the Fairweather Foundation is totally irrelevent. CallipygianConnoisseur (talk) 08:08, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Adding on to this, using the news button ont the nominated for deletion box shows articles about Dr. Tabin from CBS, The Economist, and Outside magazine. CallipygianConnoisseur (talk) 08:25, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I find I cannot agree with the nomination. Subject appears to have a named chair at a major institution, and evidently has had substantial impact outside academia in their academic capacity per [1]. ResonantDis_tortion 09:46, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The case for both WP:PROF#C5 (the named professorship) and WP:GNG (the media coverage of his cataract work) is clear. He doesn't appear to have made an impact in scholarly publications (PROF#C1) but he doesn't need to when notability for his medical outreach work is present. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:19, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ryan T. Murphy

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This BLP doesn't feel notable enough for inclusion on Wikipedia. BlunanNation (talk) 14:52, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Bands and musicians and Utah. Shellwood (talk) 14:56, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep. He has received non-trivial coverage here and here. According to this deletion discussion, Deseret News is independent enough from the LDS Church to be considered reliable, however this subject has been brought up numerous times, such as this discussion in 2016. I would be lying if I said any sort of consensus has officially been reached. Jordano^5³ 18:50, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I wouldn't call either link as meeting SIGCOV. The former is overwhelmingly of quotes from Murphy, and is plainly an interview of him. The second is a short press release. Ravenswing 20:49, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Latter Day Saints, France, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 20:42, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Tabernacle Choir#Music directors where Murphy is mentioned, with sources and some relevant information which I just added. Couldn't find any additional coverage beyond the one article I included there from Ensign, and I agree with Ravenswing about the lack of SIGCOV from the two Deseret News articles mentioned above. The first piece doesn't even say that much about Murphy, just asks his thoughts on an unrelated incident that happened to take place in his hometown (which of course was a very notable incident, but regardless, the connection is tenuous). Unopposed to a delete without redirect if it is preferred. QuietHere (talk | contributions) 23:28, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect as a reasonable alternative to deleting outright. I find this subject's choir to be treacly and maudlin, but it's very popular (across denominations) and he appears to be in the running to take over as head music director. Bearian (talk) 03:10, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Atlantic-Pacific Capital

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Fails WP:NCORP. Insufficient independent in-depth sources to establish notability. Tagged for multiple issues for years. Imcdc Contact 03:38, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Finance, Organizations, Companies, United States of America, and Connecticut. Imcdc Contact 03:38, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Fail to meet WP:GNG (WP:NORG and WP:SIRS) criteria. QEnigma talk 15:58, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Already PROD'd so not eligible for Soft Deletion.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:37, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep

Esti92 (talk) 06:50, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. The only coverage I could find were WP:ROUTINE mentions in the trades, nothing to notch WP:GNG. Longhornsg (talk) 21:56, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]