Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brad M. Barber

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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 was Delete. Although DGG makes a good argument, there was a clear consensus for deletion, and the minimal sourcing brings up BLP concerns. However, this doesn't prejudice re-creation of a fully sourced version that demonstrates notability. WaltonOne 11:19, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Brad M. Barber

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Delete unsourced WP:BLP with no evidence of meeting WP:PROF, WP:BIO, WP:N or WP:V Carlossuarez46 22:15, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete very little (if any) indications that he is a notable individual and no sources asserting. This is close of a speedy candidate.--JForget 22:30, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletions. —David Eppstein 02:26, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment. There is no claim of notability in the article itself as nominated, but there are such claims on his home page, which I've now linked from the article, including a pdf file collecting links to some 36 press clips. I haven't taken the time to explore which of them are nontrivial, though. I should add that this is a brand new article, properly marked as a stub, so expecting it to be in its final state seems premature. —David Eppstein 02:31, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete: Non-notable. No particular acclamation; no works of note published; WP:NOT, WP:BIO. Just b/c he was someone's favourite instructor at university ... Watchingthevitalsigns 11:14, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - fails WP:PROF. /Blaxthos 11:34, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete WP:PROF, WP:V --Yeshivish 03:25, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep I checked in Web of Science, which covers the major economics journals, and found that his most cited papers among the 20 or so published --all in really good journals--have been cited 201, 134, 120, & 101 times. Considering that citations from minor journals are not even included in the count, these are very high figures. Davis is a research university, and they knew what they were doing when they made him a full professor. Not surprised--they can judge better than we can here. At least they bothered to look up the publications record. Some people have articles that dont show the notability. Our job is to expand the article, not remove it. DGG (talk) 03:48, 17 September 2007 (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.