Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jaksa Cvitanic

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The result was Keep - Yomangani^talk 12:05, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jaksa Cvitanic

I originally thought userfying this was probably the right thing to do, but the author - likely the subject - has made no other edits other than to create and fiddle with the formatting on this page. WP:AUTO violation by a a professor who doesn't meet WP:PROF; reads like the sort of bio blurb you find on college websites. Opabinia regalis 05:39, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

• Weak keep and clean up. Albeit vanity, Cvitanic has co-written a couple of books [1], all of which have been published by notable publishers, including Springer Science+Business Media and MIT Press. Possibly also redirect.--TBCΦtalk? 05:56, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
• Neutral I was asked to comment by TruthbringerToronto on the notability but this is really not the kind of mathematics I would know much about. Looking at WP:PROF, I do believe he falls a bit short despite a very nice career. My main concern is with the apparent lack of reliable third-party sources on the importance of his work. Probably an iffy case. Pascal.Tesson 06:55, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy Keep - As a quick note, I should mention that I used Cvitanic's book in an undergraduate Economic Statistics course I took (and received an A in) so I might be a little bit biased. However, I believe Cvitanic meets notability criteria based on the following chain:

3. The person has published a significant and well-known academic work. To be significant or well-known, the work must meet one of the following criteria:

2. The work must be prescribed as a textbook, a reference work, or required reading in an undergraduate- or graduate- level course; which is not taught, designed, or otherwise overseen by the author; at several independent accredited universities.

I only know that the textbook was taught at my school, but I am pretty sure that other schools use it because the professor I took the course with participated in an experimental shared teaching program across several liberal arts colleges where each professor at each school taught an identical course (which would seemingly require the same textbook). I am sure (based on the academic accolades) that Cvitanic may pass another criterion which would be easier to show, but for now one should suffice. -bobby 15:39, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

 AFD relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
 Please add new discussions below this notice. Thanks, KrakatoaKatie 14:19, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

• Keep - Cvitanic has published two books with real academic publishers (MIT Press and Cambridge University Press), which is notable. This is not the case of someone promoting a self-published author. George J. Bendo 10:03, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

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