Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Meinhard E.Mayer

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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 keep. —Quarl (talk) 2006-12-26 13:55Z

[edit] Meinhard E. Mayer

Meinhard E. Mayer (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Found tagged db-bio, but he's more than that - he's done some solid if very specialized work in theoretical physics, and has authored a textbook that I, at least, would consider notable. Opabinia regalis 02:24, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

  • Delete Wikipedia is not a directory for every University professor who published something minorly significant. My professor from college published four popular books in historical subjects, but then again so did nearly every other professor in the department! Wikipedia loses its legitimacy if we let this go on. The article creation also smells a little of vanity, especially since the user who created it is named User:Memayer. LeszekB 02:36, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep The book which he co-wrote seems well regarded and has had classes designed around it. I think more citations could be added to increase verifiability. --jaydj 04:23, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. Notable as a researcher and as co-author of a significant and notable textbook. --TruthbringerToronto (Talk | contribs) 04:37, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
  • k- fairly notable as textbook author and researcher; however, the article itself needs work. - ŞρІϊţ ۞ ĨήƒϊήίтҰ (тąιк|соήтяївѕ) 06:53, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Delete for lack of references proving notability, fails WP:BIO and WP:PROF. The references provided are works that he has written, not "multiple third-party reliable sources" about the man himself or his works, thus there is no evidence showing that anything he has done is more significant than any other post-doctoral researcher. Zunaid©Please rate me at Editor Review! 07:45, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

  • Keep, as author of significant academic work. Ford MF 09:38, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep, text books still used after emeritus status of the author are notable in themselves and therefore the authors Alf photoman 14:09, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep - developer of a quite notable textbook.Bakaman 19:44, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep from a cursory search, the subject appears to be notable within his field. Not much sourcing in the article itself, but there appears to be sources available that support a suitable level of notability. --Krich (talk) 06:37, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep but it does need a bit of a cleanup. SkierRMH 07:10, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep more than enough to prove notability. But there is surely more to be added, although we do not need the complete list of publications. DGG 01:59, 25 December 2006 (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.