User talk:Benchapman

A tag has been placed on Dr. Doug Powell, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article seems to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable, that is, why an article about that subject should be included in Wikipedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert notability may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, and if you can indicate why the subject of this article is notable, you may contest the tagging. To do this, add  on the top of the page (below the existing db tag) and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would confirm its subject's notability under the guidelines.

For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. --Nenyedi Talk Contribs@ 14:24, 18 March 2007 (UTC)


 * I think it might help if someone could list on the article's Talk page some or all of his "23 research papers in peer-reviewed journals, 6 peer-reviewed book chapters" with full bibliographical information. That way those of us who know nothing about him can do a little research and come to a more informed decision about whether the article should be deleted. Ward3001 20:13, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Proposed merge of Dr. Doug Powell into Food Safety Network
I added a merge template to Dr. Doug Powell proposing that it be merged into Food Safety Network. It appears that the FSN is much more likely to be considered notable than its director. Some of the info about Dr. Powell is already in the FSN article; perhaps a bit more could be added, then delete the article on Dr. Powell. If you wish to comment, please go to Talk:Food Safety Network. Please do not delete the merge templates until there is adequate time to discuss, generally about four weeks unless there appears to be significant agreement earlier. For details about the merging process, see Merging and moving pages. Thanks. Ward3001 23:36, 19 March 2007 (UTC)