Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jody Kraus

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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 Speedy Keep per WP:SNOW (non admin close). Dustitalk to me 17:41, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Jody Kraus

Jody Kraus (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (delete) – (View log)

Not much to say about it except that notability is not asserted, it completely fails WP:PROF, and it doesn't belong here. Qworty (talk) 20:41, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

  • Delete per nom. No significant achievements mentioned, let alone cited. Anturiaethwr (talk) 20:58, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
    • Keep. The article has been improved, and now includes notable achievements and publications. Anturiaethwr (talk) 16:41, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp (talk) 23:39, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep Holding a named chair professorship at a major U.S. university is a pretty reliable indicator of academic notability and of being regarded as a significant expert. In this case he has two named chair appointments at the University of Virginia Law School: Robert E. Scott Distinguished Professor of Law and Philosophy and the Albert Clark Tate, Jr. Research Professor. I looked up his web site[1] and it says that he is a member of the American Law Institute. ALI members are elected [2], so being a member is an indicator of notability as well. A search of the AMI membership directory[3] confirms that he is an elected member. Appears to satisfy WP:PROF. Nsk92 (talk) 01:06, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep. Per Nsk92, who beat me to this one; also subject has (co)authored or edited three textbooks, with Cambridge University Press and LexisNexis, one of which has reached a 4th edition. Referencing is needed, though. Espresso Addict (talk) 01:19, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep. When an academic holds a named professorship, there are almost certainly reliable sources to prove that he is notable. --Eastmain (talk) 01:55, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep No doubt there is a lot of editing to be done to the article. This was my first entry. But any serious cursory inquiry into this professor will reveal more than enough information to satisfy the requirements. IFKC (talk) 04:48, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep Named professorships are an assertion of notability. Mister Senseless™ (Speak - Contributions) 13:19, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep the article was obviously written from a student perspective, as many such articles are, and does not show the academic notability very well. The publications include one major textbook, in its 4th ed., a research level book on law at Camb. Univ Press, and a similar one on Philosophy, also CUP. (plus the usual articles). DGG (talk) 15:07, 8 April 2008 (UTC)


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