Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Axel Dreher


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The result was speedy keep

Axel Dreher

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Possibly not notable according to WP:ACADEMIC. Has several publications but none in a Top 5 economics journal. His name shows up in a top 1000 economists list, as can be verified by clicking on the IDEAS link in the main text. However, this is an imperfect measure for notability. In his case, he ranks highly in the index because he is prolific, but citations are rather low. CronopioFlotante (talk) 23:50, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.  —David Eppstein (talk) 07:07, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. With a GS h index of 25 it looks like a pass on WP:Prof #1. Xxanthippe (talk) 07:24, 15 August 2009 (UTC).
 * Strong keep. Easily notable according to WP:ACADEMIC. He has a chair at the University of Göttingen, "one of the highest-ranked universities in Germany" (at least according to Wikipedia ;-) so passes WP:ACADEMIC criterion 5, he's editor-in-chief of an established journal so passes criterion 8, and as XXanthippe says it looks like he passes criterion 1 too. All this is easily checked using Google. Was it really necessary to bring this to AfD? WP:BEFORE says "When nominating an article for deletion due to sourcing or notability concerns, make a good-faith attempt to confirm that such sources aren't likely to exist". Qwfp (talk) 09:26, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. I guess I was wrong. --CronopioFlotante (talk) 10:31, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Strong keep He only got his PhD in 2003. Having an h-index of 25 only 6 years later is stellar. Having a Chair at a top-notch German university at a young age only 6 years after his PhD (and he's not a late bloomer, see his photo here, is highly exceptional. Similarly, being editor in chief of a major journal with a major publisher (Springer) at this early stage of his career is highly exceptional. "Stellar", "highly exceptional" (2x): as Qwfp says, it only took me 30 seconds to find this stuff, why was this brought to AfD? --Crusio (talk) 10:36, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
 * (edit conflict): I suggest that instead of voting keep, you withdraw the nom so that this can be closed. --Crusio (talk) 10:36, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
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