Talk:Billy Campbell (doctor)

Notable Person

According to Wikipedia subject-specific notability guidelines, a topic is notable if it has been the subject of multiple, non-trivial, reliable published works, whose sources are independent of the subject itself.

Billy Campbell (doctor) has been featured and referenced as the pioneer of the natural burial movement in North America in numerous television programs, radio shows, national newspaper articles, magazines and online resources including:

• LA Times, “Crying and Digging”
• The New Yorker Magazine, “California Dying”
• The New York Times, “Eco-Friendly Burial Sites Give a Chance to Be Green Forever”
• Slate Magazine, “Death Not Be Manicured”
• Grave Matters, “Natural Burial”
• Environmental Science, “Going Out Green”
• AARP Bulletin, “Green Graveyards - A Natural Way to Go”
• AFC News Source, “Green Burial”
• The Arizona Republic, “Green Burials - A Simple Return to Earth”
• The Boston Globe, “`Green' burials usher in the ultimate recycling”
• Society for Conservation Biology, “Last Wishes” *Environmental News Network, “'Green' Burials Growing in Popularity”
• Forbes.com, “'Green' Burials Growing in Popularity”
• FCA Biennial Conference 2006, “Being Green - Burial Without the Box”
• Green Burial Council, “Advisory Board”
• INC.com, “Goodbye and Thank You”
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, “Rest in peace the green way”
• Spirit of MATT, “Eco Friendly Resting Places for Loved Ones”
• Seeking Solutions with Suzanne - Comcast, “Green Graveyards”
• Richmond Times Dispatch, “Green burial: ecology friendly”
• MSNBC News Channel 10, “Green Burial”

It is clear that numerous independent authors, scholars, or journalists have decided to give attention to both the emerging trend of Natural Burial in North America as well as Mr. Campbell’s role as a pioneer in the natural burial movement.Because Mr Campbell has been featured in multiple, non-trivial, reliable published works, the primary notability criterion to determine whether "the world" has judged this individual and topic to be notable has been met.

The assertion that this research is in some way a promotional campaign or vanity article is totally unfounded, this article is part of a much larger area of research regarding the emerging Natural Burial Movement in North America including eco-cemetery, Joe Sehee, Mike Salisbury, Mary Woodsen, Mark Harris and Tyler Cassity. While the merits of each of these articles will be debated individually, it is important to mention that these are WORKS IN PROCESS. It takes a remarkable amount of time to develop research and write these articles in order to clearly establish the notability and usefulness of these topics. These articles have been identified as stubs in order to encourage collaboration.

While each of these articles are related by subject matter and reference each other as related articles they are also related to eco-cemetery, cremation, and promession. The body of information at this point may be specific in nature however they are certainly not a walled garden.

I would respectfully request that editors choose not to delete or merge these articles before they have been fully developed and referenced. Eulogy4Afriend 17:57, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

References

Eulogy4Afriend 17:57, 1 February 2007 (UTC)