Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jack Rechcigl

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The result was delete. Daniel (talk) 03:51, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Jack Rechcigl

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No real notability; doesn't meet WP:PROF. The only assertion of notability is being the youngest center director in Florida (an unverified claim), which essentially makes him a big fish in a little pond. The rest reads like a resume of accomplishments that academics are accomplishing all over North America and beyond.--Esprit15d • talk • contribs 21:08, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. —David Eppstein (talk) 21:17, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
• Comment. Youth seems an unlikely thing to base a claim of notability on for a 47-year-old full professor. Also, ISI finds only 91 publications, and Google scholar finds 115, contrasting to the claim in the article that he has over 300. I'll withhold judgment on whether he is notable for now but the article appears oversold. —David Eppstein (talk) 21:24, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
• Keep. The awards listed and the media coverage are also assertions of notability. --Eastmain (talk) 01:24, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
• keep Appears to be meet WP:PROF criterion 1. JoshuaZ (talk) 05:43, 12 February 2008 (UTC) Changing to delete per BWH's reasoning below. JoshuaZ (talk) 17:47, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
• Delete. As far as I can tell, the media references are about the centers at which Rechcigl has worked, studies in which he may have been a participating member (though the ones I've checked seem to not mention him), etc. - not about Rechcigl himself. For example, the article states that Rechcigl seemingly single-handedly created the Balm Research Center, although hereis an article about the Center's opening that doesn't seem to mention his role (though it does quote him as the Center's Director). Furthermore, the articles that do mention Rechcigl seem to simply be press releases/newsletter (the International Focus) from the university. I don't think that it does meet WP:PROF and I think that the article is perhaps a WP:COI as I mentioned here. Although COI isn't necessarily basis for AfD, I just don't see the notability of this subject.BWH76 (talk) 07:40, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
• Delete. non-notable Xxanthippe (talk) 11:08, 12 February 2008 (UTC).
• Delete. Non-notable. High level recognition by the Soil Science Society of America or International Union of Soil Sciences would tip the balance to notability. Page should be userfied until then, if and when. --Paleorthid (talk) 15:53, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

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