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Past presidents
biologist though I am, I think this list in non-encyclopedic and will almost certainly be deleted. It would be enough to put the link to the list of past presidents in the main article. I doubt that very many of them will actually get WP articles Your thoughts? DGG (talk) 01:07, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

To follow up, I am very sympathetic indeed to your project to add the names of distinguished biologists and biological educators. If you'll check what I do around here, you'll see it is mainly to improve and defend the articles of scientists and other academics and related subjects. But there are some difficulties. I can best exemplify the difficulty by saying that the article on John Tyler Bonner was nominated about 6 months ago for speedy deletion as "did not assert notability" and fortunately rescued. About one member of the US National academy of sciences gets nominated for deletion at AfD a month. They all get kept, but it takes work.

What is needed for a successful article on a researcher is: and of course none of it can be taken from a university or other web site, tho the site should be listed as supplying the details. This works if: the person was a full professor at a recognized research university, and has an award or two from outside the university. Otherwise there are problems; people at non-research places need very solid documentation. Professors of education need really solid documentation. For educators not noted as researchers--awards are needed for professional recognition, and at least one more than the president of NABT will in general be necessary. We have so far not had very good success here--very few high school teachers have made it past AfD. Good luck, and call on me for any help. DGG (talk) 21:41, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
 * A short bio listing the birth, degrees, positions.
 * A paragraph describing the work and how it has been recognized as important
 * A list of books, & a few major articles. When challenged, I add the number of citations for the most-cited.
 * A list of awards and honors and editorships.
 * I've been adding grants received.
 * if possible a ref from a biographic notice--this gets much easier after they have died.
 * Pictures, as you've discovered, add problems. I usually dont try.

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