Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Andrew D. Hamilton

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was consensus to keep. Johnleemk | Talk 12:29, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Andrew D. Hamilton

Delete Provost isn't a policy making position, like President would be, and as notable as Yale is, it would be ludicrous to claim that every one who works there is encyclopedic. Possibly he may have done other things making him to be worthy of inclusion in a general encyclopedia, but being a university provost isn't. Caerwine 19:08, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

• Delete nonnotable. mikka (t) 21:03, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as nonnotable. (Contra Caerwine, provost is usually a policy-making position, but that seems like a non-sequitur anyway. What does the ability to make policy have to do with wikipedia-worthiness?) rodii 23:10, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment More like policy proposing or implementing, but that is a minor point. The point is a provost is not likely going to be someone who is going to be memorable fifty years later, have building named after him, or whatever, and if he is, it likely will be for some reason other than fulfilling the duties of a provost. Caerwine 00:44, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. -- Dalbury^(Talk) 02:53, 30 November 2005 (UTC) - Withdrawing vote. -- Dalbury^(Talk) 23:48, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep per WP:PROF. The provost is the #2 educational and administrative officer at Yale [1]. All the deans report to the provost. A provost at Yale would seem to be a lot more notable than the average professor. (By the way, Hamilton is a professor, so the average professor test applies to him.) --Metropolitan90 03:22, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

• Keep per WP:PROF]. I can add to Mr. Hamilton's info. He has had an integral part in some notable situations at Yale and New Haven. I'll write it soon, hopefully before this is put in front of the admins. CoolGuy 03:40, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, hoping CoolGuy will expand the article. Hamilton is also "Irénée du Pont Professor" of Chemistry at Yale.[2] A (full) professor at a good university is more notable than many other people we include around here (such as the absolute majority of professional baseball players or footballers). u p p l a n d 07:45, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Holds an endowed chair at Yale, numerous honors, definitely meets WP:PROF. Article in dire need of expansion, however. -- DS1953 23:25, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.