Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hans Albert Einstein

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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The result of the debate was Keep/Nomination withdrawn —Wknight94 (talk) 01:13, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hans Albert Einstein

  • Delete: Not notable except as Einstein's son. Anything pertinent to Albert Einstein is already in that article. —Wknight94 (talk) 15:33, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. Being Einstein's son is enough notability here, as Einstein was a major figure, and people could easily be plausibly curious about his children. There is clear precedent with this in the articles on Darwin's children. He was also a scientist with a tenured position at a major university which puts him in the same category with a ton of our academic articles. There was at least one biography of him written (by his first wife, in 1991, published by the University of Iowa). In short, no real reason to delete, is certainly more notable just from his affiliation with Einstein (had strained relations with him, was with him at his death, was involved in the dispute over what to do with Einstein's brain) to warrant a small article, even if it is not the most thrilling one we have. --Fastfission 20:05, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
Comment: Those all sound like great reasons to keep him ---- in the Albert Einstein article. Those aren't reasons to keep him in his own. And be careful mentioning the Darwin children articles - they may be the next ones I Afd. This isn't a genealogy web site, it's an encyclopedia. I'm just going by WP:BIO which doesn't mention anything about making articles about obscure relatives of notable people. —Wknight94 (talk) 20:38, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
Comment: If he's really a well-known professor there, I'll even change my vote. Curious that he's not in Category:University of California, Berkeley faculty... —Wknight94 (talk) 21:13, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
Added the missing category. :) —Quarl (talk) 2006-01-11 22:59Z
  • Keep Notable enough. Merging is a non-starter as the Albert Einstein article is already nearly double the recommended size. Calsicol 20:45, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. A prominent figure in some cases. --Sunfazer 20:47, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. The subject is notable for any of several reasons above, plus there's too much content that would not belong in Albert Einstein. ×Meegs 21:11, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep a leading figure in the development of the study of sedimentation. For example, published a work, "The bed-load function for sediment transportation in open channel flows", Einstein, H. A., United States Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1026, Washington DC, 1950 which is still cited (in undergraduate courses etc.) [1] [2] [3]. He had a book published in his honour, Sedimentation: symposium to honor H. A. Einstein, Hsieh Wen Shen (ed.), 1972, published by his (ex-)research students. A notable figure, but not because of his father. Sliggy 21:59, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
Comment: Wow. Sounds like there's a lot of stuff missing from his article. What's the procedure for shutting down an Afd nomination? —Wknight94 (talk) 22:06, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
Comment. You could try striking through your nomination and commenting "Nomination withdrawn". I've seen that work before. Sliggy 22:08, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
You can also close the AFD yourself, but if you just do as Sliggy says, someone will come along and close it for you. —Quarl (talk) 2006-01-11 23:00Z


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.