Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mohamed Hashish

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The result was keep. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 18:11, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mohamed Hashish

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NN-bio. TheEgyptian 19:59, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Weak keep Unless multiple sources (which I'm looking for--including the patent) can be found to back up the claim of this statement from the Seattle Times: "Flow's first large industrial application was in the cutting of diapers and paper products. In 1980, Flow senior vice president of technology Mohamed Hashish, still with the company, invented the abrasive waterjet process — adding sand to the water stream — which revolutionized the field and enabled many more applications." This process is still used today.--Sethacus 20:50, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

• Weak delete - apparently Mr Hashish does work in this field, but there seem to be no independent, reliable sources taking note of his accomplishments. The best I found is this, where he is cited as an expert on waterjet technology, but it's not really about him. The article was written by User:Rhashish, who may have conflicting interests. Huon 22:00, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

• Delete This gentleman seems to be high in the estimation of whoever wrote the article, but there is nothing to reefer to as regards citations. There appears also to be a fair bit of NPOV going on not to mention WP:WEASEL. It seems appropriate that someone toke it to AfD, as there seems to be plenty of resin to do so. I somehow rather doubt he fathered an abrasive water cutter, a belligerent teen maybe! Damn, is it 4:20 already? ---- WebHamster 22:44, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

perhaps you would like to consider writing a comment that does not consist entirely of puns using the man's name to denigrate him? DGG (talk) 02:52, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

• Keep but rewrite I was going to say weak delete, but a search for his name and "waterjet" comes up with a quite few pertinent hits [1], including mention in a textbook. There may be an article in there if all the POV language is taken out. — Zerida 01:14, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Apparently, he co-wrote a chapter in the aforementioned book [2]. — Zerida 01:18, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Found a journal article [3]. — Zerida 20:46, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Egypt-related deletions. — Zerida 01:22, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletions. —Espresso Addict 02:03, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
• Keep , and expand with the actual accomplishments, including the patents and the articles [4] That's one of the problems of COI--people don't always say the parts that rally amount to notability. It's as bad as the peacock terms. But it seems he really did found the field. DGG (talk) 02:55, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. no independant sources attesting to notability, fails WP:PROF. --Truest blue 04:32, 22 September 2007 (UTC) sockpuppet GRBerry 03:35, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
• Definite keep, 12 relevant hits on Factiva, such as:
  • "In 1980, Flow senior vice president of technology Mohamed Hashish, still with the company, invented the abrasive waterjet process -- adding sand to the water stream -- which revolutionized the field and enabled many more applications." (Kent, Wash., firm's tools to cut Boeing 7E7 wings in Japan, By Dominic Gates, The Seattle Times, Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, 1394 words, 12 August 2004)
  • "Dr. Mohamed Hashish, vice president for water jet technology at Quest Integrated Inc., a private research and development company in Kent, Wash., said the industry was set for enormous growth as new technology became more common. Dr. Hashish, who pioneered abrasive jet cutting 15 years ago, said water jets would be used more in advanced machine tooling, using computer control to have them mill and turn precision parts, for example." (Science Desk; C, SCIENTIST AT WORK: David A. Summers; Out of the Mines and Into the Lab, By WARREN E. LEARY, Special to The New York Times, 1868 words, 10 January 1995, The New York Times, Late Edition - Final, 1)

Anyone who wants to improve the article using a PDF of all the Factiva results, please email me - I don't have much time to spend on the wiki nowadays. Resurgent insurgent 00:41, 24 September 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.