Talk:William Swann

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I included myself as an American Psycholgist because I believe that my record warrants it. For example, in a 1995 poll, I was ranked 35th of the 50 most cited psychologists in the world. In a 1999 poll, I was ranked 22nd most cited researcher in the Annual Review of Psychology. In a 2002 survey, i was included in list of most cited contributors to the major Handbooks of Social Psychology. In a 2004 survey of authors published in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, I was among the 30 most cited. In a 2006 survey in Dialogue, I was among the top 30 of most cited authors in Social Psychology textbooks. My current citation count is over 5,000. Wbswann 22:04, 11 January 2007 (UTC)wbswann

Notability of William Swann
Having spent a long time searching for sources for this article, I've come to the conclusion that, 1) Swann comfortably meets Criterion 1 of WP:ACADEMIC. His research attracts very many citations, and is a staple of many textbooks in social psychology. 2) While there are lots of sources about his research contributions such as self-verification, there is a distinct lack of biographical information about him. I conclude that the article belongs here, but for now the biographical information needs to come from his own site and CV. Hopefully in the long run there will be third-party biographical sources. MartinPoulter (talk) 10:03, 22 March 2011 (UTC)