Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thomas A. Romberg

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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The result was nom withdrawn; articles relisted individually. Sr13 08:45, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thomas A. Romberg

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Original nominator withdrawing nomination for this article. From the original group, I have created new pages for the individual professors that appear to not meet WP:PROF criteria. Other articles were appropriately tagged and removed from AfD discussion. I've made every attempt to go above this deletion process fairly, efficiently, and with the best interests of Wikipedia in mind, but clearly the group nomination was a mistake. If you have any other issues with my nominations relating to these professor articles, please feel free to leave me a message on my talkpage. Eliz81(talk)(contribs) 19:59, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

I'm nominating this page, as well as a rash of others by the same creator, for deletion under WP:PROF. Every single professor from University of Wisconsin is not immediately notable, and these are orphaned and unsourced and some even potentially cut and paste. Eliz81(talk)(contribs) 16:31, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

I'm also adding these pages to the proposed deletion. Hopefully haven't missed any.

Nominator update: I've stricken the other professors from consideration in this AfD. Clearly efficiency wasn't the way to go here, which is what I had originally hoped to accomplish instead of inundating AfD with separate requests. I'll list the professors individually instead. Therefore in this AfD, please only consider Thomas A. Romberg. Eliz81(talk)(contribs) 19:07, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletions. —David Eppstein 17:05, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Speedy close on procedural grounds. This AfD mixes up people from many disciplines, with widely varying levels of academic achievement (assistant professors to named chairs such as Kratochwill). Many of them may warrant deletion but I think we should give these people the courtesy of discussing them individually on their own merits. —David Eppstein 17:05, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment While they are from different departments, they all appear to have an affiliation with the Center for Education Research. The author began by creating a category for education research. Since a single author created individual pages for basically every single faculty member associated with the Center, (although it is true that they have varying levels of achievements,) I figured it was acceptable to include them in the same list. I understand however if this is up for debate. Eliz81(talk)(contribs) 17:20, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Speedy close. Or speedy keep, on purely procedural grounds and re-list seperately rather than tarball into one monumental disaster that will never reach a consensus. Burntsauce 17:27, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep or Procedural some are clearly notable, many just need improvement, this follows Be Bold to me and a mass delete is not appropriate. they need individual submission. --Buridan 17:28, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Speedy close and relist indivudually, too big a hassle to lump into one, per above. Ten Pound Hammer • (((Broken clamshells • Otter chirps))) 18:26, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Comments added after the AfD was changed to concentrate only on Romberg

  • Keep. The article makes a clear case for the importance of his accomplishments in secondary-school mathematics pedagogy. —David Eppstein 19:17, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep (referring to Romberg) Distinguished emeritus professor far exceeds any standard expressed in WP:PROF. 30 books, 300 research papers, chaired national panels to develop widely used math curricula for schools, won numerous research awards from national organizations in his field, tenured full professor at major university. An unusual choice to throw into an indiscriminate group nomination. Edison 19:33, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. The current article needs sourcing, however assuming even a fraction of it is well founded, he seems to meet WP:PROF in spades. Will add a few external links to help validate the article. Espresso Addict 22:57, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
    • Ah, actually there are already external links, I'd just missed them. Espresso Addict 22:59, 26 July 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.