Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Colm Kearney

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The result of the debate was KEEP. No consensus. Postdlf 02:26, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Colm Kearney

This is a duplicate of the user page by the user who wrote the article. (User:Professor Colm Kearney) Bill 11:35, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

• Weak keep - he does exist with a fair number of 'scholarly articles' in journals. However, most professors do so notability is up for debate I guess. gren 12:00, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep: I can't confirm if he is tenured or not (which is one of the proposed criteria at Wikipedia talk:Criteria for inclusion of biographies/Academics), but he is nevertheless well published and certainly we can verify any other information. Though the user himself created the page, it is currently NPOV. Article needs more depth, but I don't see any clear reason to delete, and see reasons to keep. --Durin 14:14, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

• See my comment below about the meaning of tenure in this non-American case. -Splash 01:46, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete, no indication so far he is any more than a typical professor. Dcarrano 15:40, July 12, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, well-published professor. Kappa 16:47, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete jamesgibbon 21:29, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete - The publishing of scholarly articles, or even books, is common among professsors and not enough to warrant notability. If any of his work or theories are especially notable that would be different. The fact that he made the page himself should be a bit of a tip off. If you're notable enough somebody other than you will make an article about how important you are. --TheMidnighters 21:52, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, notably well published. Hall Monitor 23:23, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete nn professor +autobio, unless something is added to show that he IS notable. --Etacar11 00:45, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. His page is here. Note that, in this part of the world, the word Professor does not merely indicate a teaching member of staff; it indicates someone who has been promoted to a senior (possibly leading) position in their department/faculty (as indicated by the Chair he holds). 'Tenure' is also a shaky term since they just become 'acaedmic staff' or 'lecturers'. There is no indication that he is a Visiting Prof or anything, so he is more notable than your average college professor since professor here is meant in the American terminology.
• weak Delete I am troubled by the autobio problem, and so, in this borderline case, vote delete, unless significant independent information is added to the article by a person other than the subject. Xoloz 04:12, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete non notable professor. JamesBurns 04:42, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
• Weak delete for failing WP:PROF. Radiant_>|< 09:44, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Strong history of peer reviewed publications. Arevich 20:52, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
• keep please he seems notable enough to me and wikipedia is not paper. Yuckfoo 21:01, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

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