Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brian Cox (physicist)

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 no consensus, defaulting to keep. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 20:39, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Brian Cox (physicist)

Non-notable scientist. Looks like vanity. User ignored prod tag and has not asserted any claim to fame. Medico80 14:25, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete - as above Brookie :) - a will o' the wisp ! ^(Whisper...) 14:48, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy Delete per A7. This person makes no ascertation of notability. --Porqin 15:20, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Nothing notable about his career; he has a job... and probably would like some exposure to help promote his film and TV work. -- Slowmover 15:28, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - No assertion of notability. - Richardcavell 02:03, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - The link to a large number of papers published by Brian Cox in respected academic journals, "List of papers by Brian Cox", is sufficient to establish notability. The article would certainly be more useful if it included a discussion of the published research; however, this is a reason to improve the article, not to delete it. John254 03:04, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Publishing papers is what scientists do - it doesn't prove his importance. Like I said, he removed prod tag without doing any effort to assert notability. Medico80 08:10, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
  • If scientists (and more generally, university faculty) don't publish articles they risk losing their job ("publish or perish"). Articles have to be important in some way to make a scientist notable. -- Slowmover 14:45, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of UK-related deletions. -- the wub "?!" 09:05, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - I created the page and I probably didn't do a very good job but I've added a bit more. He was keyboardist for a fairly well-known band D:Ream (who had the song 'things ca only get better') and he presents on bbc radio and television and he's currently in Australia giving public lectures. In my opinion he's notable enough but that's just me. Also, I didn't remove the prod tag I can hardly understand that being a reason for deleting the page.Thesm 10:38, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Thesm. D:Ream had several hits, including a UK number 1. As a scientist he has appeared on TV and radio, references are in the article. the wub "?!" 17:48, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

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