Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jane Barton

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This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page, if it exists; or after the end of this archived section. The result of the debate was no consensus. FCYTravis 5 July 2005 11:04 (UTC)

[edit] Jane Barton

Incomprehensible gibberish. I gather she's an academic who likes researching Aristotle. Lovely. Notability is not even remotely indicated here. Scimitar 20:45, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

  • Comment: She's apparently the "Wellcome Trust Post-doctoral Fellow" at Oriel. James F. (talk) 22:02, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep, lecturer at an elite university. Kappa 23:25, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, fails the professor test. Got her PhD in 2003, so is certainly less widely known and less well-published than the average college professor since she's not been around as long as the average. Lecturing at a Uni isn't notable, and even at an elite Uni, it is no statement of anything in particular since grad. students can be asked to lecture. Being a "Wellcome Trust Post-doctoral Fellow" indicates that this is probably her first (maybe second, but unlikely in just 2 years) contract after her PhD (DPhil, technically). She's also not listed on the College's staff page so appears not to have been awarded a College fellowship to go with her Wellcome Trust one. -Splash 02:03, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)
    • She's a lecturer, not a just grad student. Kappa 10:40, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
    • Yes, I know. I meant that being a lecturer doesn't establish notability because 'anybody' can be asked to do it.-Splash 11:43, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. There seems to be a somewhat more notable Jane Barton in library science [1], but even that's pushing it. Give her a few more years to make an impression. --TenOfAllTrades(talk) 04:48, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Weak Keep if expanded. Marginal notability. JamesBurns 06:46, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep might well be expanded if she's new, give a few terms to make a decent contribution. Couldn't find fellows list of Oriel College.
    • She's apparently not a fellow of the college, she doesn't get a * on this page: [2]. Kappa 10:39, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
    • The link I have to College staff doesn't list her at all. This is presumably because she's so new, but if she was at all notable, they'd have made sure she had a mini-bio on that page along with the rest of the staff. She's going to need years before getting close to being "an averge college professor", unless her PhD was utterly incredible — this seems unlikely of they'd have given her a College Fellowship. -Splash 11:43, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment: Congrats on the rewrite. The article I read was much worse, and this one is no longer incomprehensible gibberish. I still don't think she passes the AP test though. --Scimitar 13:23, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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