Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alan Whiteside


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The result was keep; however, to satisfy WP:V, someone needs to rummage through to ensure this doesn't end up here again in a month or so. Daniel.Bryant [ T · C ] 02:28, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Alan Whiteside


Biography not notable enough. Has published books but these are not widely received and has not received awards. Raker 10:28, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
 * keep. From google seems enough notable. Cate 17:52, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
 * keep. appears to be an acknowledged expert in his field of AIDS. "Alan Whiteside" + AIDS scores 38,100 Ghits, and scanning through the first 50 pages, they all seem relevant. What's more, his book 'AIDS in the twenty-first century : disease and globalization ' is carried in 414 libraries in the USA alone. Ohconfucius 03:43, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Concur with Ohconfucius above, seems to be sufficiently notable in his field. I'm not just saying that because we share a surname, either. Sockatume 05:14, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
 * keep -google hits says that he is highly notable. Nileena joseph (Talk 17:01, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Google hits are not a reasonable measure of notability. Paris Hilton has 22 million, while Special Relativity has only 704,000, but in the great scheme of things Ms Hilton is of little consequence by comparison. Prof. Whiteside gets about 42,000. However, on balance he appears to be a notable author and contributor to his field, so this article gets a Keep from me. WMMartin 18:20, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
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