Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Femme Gaastra

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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 keep. Carioca (talk) 01:33, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Femme Gaastra

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In my searching I could find no outstanding reason why this faculty member should have an article. [1] There is no mention of him/converage in reliable outside, indepedent secondary sources. Second of all, all Ph.Ds and most masters associate and assistant professors will have publications. This doesn't mean they are notable. Wisdom89 (T / C) 03:39, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

  • Speedy Delete: Non-notable-Ravichandar 03:43, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep this is a European professor (much rarer than U.S. professors) with published books--clearly passes WP:PROF. JJL (talk) 04:18, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. —David Eppstein (talk) 15:45, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep - seems fairly notable; lots of published works. Needs sources, though.-- TreasuryTag talkcontribs 19:03, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep What makes academics notable, usually, is their published academic work. the certification of their notability by outside sources is two-fold: the publication of their works by major academic presses and journals, always on the basis of pee-review, and their appointment to significant positions, also by the consensus of their true peers. all WP has to do is recognize it. The electors to the chair at the university of Leiden know academic notability far better than we do here at WP. All we have to do is to realise our limitations. The nom is right that most assistant and associate professors are not of this stature; perhaps he did not realise that in a european university professor always means Full professor, at the least--and is generally, as here, the equivalent of the US distinguished professor or chair of department--one per subject per university. DGG (talk) 22:01, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep per DGG's well explained points SatuSuro 00:28, 6 March 2008 (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.