Talk:Joseph L. Graves

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[edit] Notability question

is this man notable? i've never heard of him. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.112.7.212 (talk • contribs).

Could you please sign your comments?

Yes, he is notable.

• Graves has made appearances in six documentary films.
• Graves has published two books and numerous papers.
• Graves has been interviewed by the NYT as an expert.[1]
• Graves has been interviewed by PBS as an expert.

All this appears in the article and all of it is sourced. futurebird 19:33, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Well, he is a notable opponent of scientific racism so that is good enough for me! LinkinPark 05:42, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

i'm not sure it is enough to be an author, there are a million books at amazon but those million authors aren't all notable. his papers aren't notable: The effect of superoxide dismutase alleles on aging in Drosophila??? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.112.7.212 (talk • contribs).

The man is considered enough of a notable expert that he has been interviewed by both the New York Times and PBS regarding his specialty. I believe that makes him more than notable. LastChanceToBe 05:26, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Agree. futurebird 15:48, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

A published author well cited across the internet [2] and clearly notable. I have removed the tag.-- Zleitzen^(talk) 15:57, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes, he's notable, (and just to counter the original poster's subjective reasoning: I had heard of him, before ever editing wikipedia). Please read WP:BIO and WP:PROF, both apply, and in both cases criteria of notability are met. ---Sluzzelin talk 16:07, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Comment: The original nominator was blocked for repeated disruptive editing. Even though I want to AGF, I don't think that the nomination was in good faith. LastChanceToBe 18:48, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm not convinced about his papers -- superoxide dismutase alleles?? And simply being an opponent of racism is not notable -- whoever claims to be a proponent of racism? I also read a review of his work, he seems like he might be more politically-correctness than scientifically driven. But he has convinced some people he is notable and that's all it takes. 71.112.7.212 18:35, 17 March 2007 (UTC)