Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Appleyard

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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 was delete. W.marsh 19:21, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] James Appleyard

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nn bio (hints of WP:VAIN) of a figure who clearly fails the guidelines set out at WP:PROF Eusebeus 22:44, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete The subject of this bio stub appears to have nothing encyclopedic in the material provided. There has been ample opportunity for improvement and expansion but nothing substantive has been produced. --Stormbay 23:01, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete cuz there's no assertion of notability & no passing of WP:PROF. tomasz. 10:53, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

I DONT think it should be deleted because after some modification, the article appears to be unbiased. Also, as far as improving/ expanding is concerned, there's only a limited amount of info thats available which is already in there. This person IS qualified as a professor and has brought remarkable innovation in the style of teaching at his respective workplace. Truly a pioneer in the use of certain pedagogical devices. I strongly disagree that it should be removed from the wikipedia; Although I do welcome any suggestions/ improvements to the article. Thanks.--Hinasultan 15:30, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Comment. He may well be qualified as a professor but he needs to meet the guidelines of notability for academics and the article needs verifiable sources to back this up; at the moment it doesn't seem to have either. tomasz. 15:31, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
    • Comment I appreciate Hinasultan's comments but they hold true for thousands of teachers at various levels who are trying to make a difference. It comes back to the comment above and producing verifiable sources that raise the subjects efforts to the notability guidelines of wiki. --Stormbay 17:45, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - NN - only an M.Sc., which implies he has not done any notable research; can't find much publihsed by him in Google Scholar; merely another mfairly junior lecturer. Peterkingiron 17:06, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
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.