Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Allan R. Odden


 * 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 keep. Sr13 08:49, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Allan R. Odden

 * – (View AfD) (View log)

University of Wisconsin professor. No claims of notability, or third party sources. Fails WP:PROF. Eliz81(talk)(contribs) 19:19, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletions.   —David Eppstein 19:23, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep Full professor at major university and director of a major research institute. Many publications, including a very widely used textbook used at what seems to be most of major colleges of education--I listed 4.  The incompetently written article doesn't bother to show them, but google helps. The textbook meets WP:PROF. DGG (talk) 02:09, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. Co-director of research institute, full professor, lots of consultancy work, CV shows masses of peer-reviewed publications, textbook with good publisher gone through 4 editions. Clearly meets my understanding of WP:PROF. Espresso Addict 04:00, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. To add to what DGG and Espresso Addict mention: Interviewed on National Public Radio, September 12, 1999. "Expert Urges Trenton to Spend $350 Million on Poor Schools, New York Times, January 17, 1998 — the expert is Odden and the lede sentence of the article calls him "nationally prominent expert on school financing". The Christian Science Monitor (in an otherwise trivial mention, one of a number of newspaper articles briefly quoting him) calls him an "expert on teacher pay", July 11, 2000. Similarly, the Philly Inquirer calls him "a nationally known school finance expert", June 6, 2000. Is this the same as the Allan Robert Odden whose engagement and wedding were announced in the New York Times (March 6 and May 30, 1966)? Seems like there's plenty of reliable secondary source material to turn this into a real article. —David Eppstein 05:08, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep Easily satisfies WP:PROF on the basis of reputation as "nationally known expert" in popular press, full professorship at major university, co-head of research institute, widely used textbook, and publications in reputable refereed journals. Edison 18:26, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep per above contra nom. Bearian
 * Please keep the article. Allen Oddens is an important contributor to public school operations in the United States. His books and articles are leading sources of ideas for leaders in the field. He has served as an expert witness during court cases. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ejohns5513@aol.com (talk • contribs) 20:33, 29 July 2007


 * 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.