Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hassan Ugail

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. Johnleemk | Talk 15:14, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hassan Ugail

Non notable academic. the wub "?!" 11:13, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Not notable enough. Not a professor, no notable publications mentioned. Bhoeble 12:52, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, decent enough Google Scholar profile. There seem to be cultural differences between Euro-American users and others about how to assert professorial notability, but that's not a good reason to keep deleting articles on subjects who have (at least) reasonable claims to notability, often on very notable subjects. Monicasdude 14:57, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. I'm not convinced that he is notable as an academic: a senior lecturer is roughly the equivalent of associate professor. Unless it can be established that he is a world-leader in his field (in which case, why isn't he a full professor?), I think we have to assume insufficient notability. Bucketsofg 21:05, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. No apparent assertion of notability. Fagstein 04:57, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Two credible published references at Google Books [1]. Dr Ugail may not be a world leader in his field, but since the Republic of Maldives has only 300,000-odd citizens, I think he counts as a notable national figure. Humansdorpie 22:24, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Dr Ugail has a credible list of publications recorded in his university staff page [2]. He has contributed articles to major international research journals and international conferences in his field. Despite being relatively young (34 years old to date) he has major research grants (e.g. see for example [3]). Though one may not consider him to be a world leading figure (eg. not a professor) one should also note his rate of progress in his career. For example, within a short space of 2.5 years he has been promoted to Senior lecturer which the usual academics take on average 10+ years. He is certainly a notable and respected figure in the Republic of Maldives. More importantly he is a source of motivation to many young Maldivians.

Dr Ugail's recent research in the area of 3D modelling and animation has been reported in the media. Examples inlcude, Yorkshire Post [4], Innovations Report [5], Yorkshire Forward [6], IOFILM news [7]. Though not a full professor he is an established resarcher and acedemic in his field. Simply not being a full professor is not a good enough excuse for deleting this page. --82.47.145.96

• Keep Dr Ugail appears at the top of the google search for "ugail" or "hassan ugail". Kurumba

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.