Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ian Clark

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The result of the debate was keep (no consensus to delete). Mindspillage (spill yours?) 15:00, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Ian Clark

A letter to the editor of a newspaper doesn't make for notability I'm afraid. Hard to verify notability with Google too with a name like that. "Ian Clark Global Warming" gets a few hits for petitions he's signed and a course he teaches, etc. Fawcett5 03:34, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

• Keep — Published co-author of award-winning book. Page updated with some more info. — RJH 15:34, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Um, so what? Adding where he went to university doesn't make for notability. Hundreds of us here, including myself, are university professors with books and publications to our credit - doesn't make us particularly notable though. Provide information that makes it clear that he has been **influential** in the global warming debate and you might have an argument. And, uh, what award exactly did his book allegedly win?Fawcett5 17:09, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

• "Environmental Isotopes in Hydrogeology was selected by Choice Magazine for their Outstanding Textbook of the Year award in 1998!" [1]

• • What is Choice Magazine, and what makes their textbook decisions notable? RickK 21:49, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)
    • Seems to be published by the American Library Association. [2] Kappa 21:58, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Weak delete Delete. Not notable for writing a letter; probably notable as prof; would change vote to keep if anyone is interested enough to fill out the article so there is more of prof than letter in it... - William M. Connolley 15:40, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC) (changing vote to delete, since no-one has bothered to fill it out William M. Connolley 11:11, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)).
• Delete. Article does not establish notability. Is The Hill Times a notable newspaper? RickK 22:54, Apr 8, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and expand to include coverage of his notable work in hydrogeology. Most research Professor's are notable enough for a truly great encyclopedia. Klonimus 01:36, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Keep authors of successful textbooks. Kappa 06:43, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Weak Keep. for textbook and hope for expansion. I don't know that the letter to the editor is worthy of note though. Capitalistroadster 09:36, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Weak delete concurring with Connolley. Radiant_* 09:53, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, does not pass the 'average professor' test--nixie 03:55, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, nn newscruft. ComCat 06:24, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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