Talk:Joseph J. Romm

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This article was nominated for deletion on September 29, 2006. The result of the discussion was keep.

[edit] Significance

The article doesn't establish why the author is notable Wikipedia notability criteria. Alot of people can claim they've written a few books and have been a PI on a Federal grant.--PotomacFever 13:38, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

The article notes that he was Acting Assistant Secretary of Energy of the U.S., in charge of the renewable energy and energy efficiency research programs at the U.S. Dept. of Energy. He has written a half dozen books on global warming, energy efficiency and energy technologies, and he is a frequently quoted expert for major news outlets. Plus he has written dozens of articles for respected jounals, like Science and Atlantic Monthly. -- Ssilvers 16:07, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Hundreds of people have been acting a/s of some DOE office. You give no cites for Science articles by Romm. Hundreds of persons have written Atlantic articles and they're not peer reviewed anyway. Most important, we are playing by Wikipedia's rules--or I am, at least. You have not addressed whether this article passes or fails Wikipedia's notability criteria. If you want to follow your own rules, instead, set up a web site of your own. Maybe you have?--PotomacFever 16:56, 29 September 2006 (UTC)