Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Becky Smith (academic)


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The result was delete. czar ⨹   15:09, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Becky Smith (academic)

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Fails WP:ACADEMIC LuckyLouie (talk) 19:31, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
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 * Delete yes, she has a PhD, well done, but parapsychology is an area of research of dubious scientific value. Unfortunately, it appears that the author has created other similar pages. Le petit fromage (talk) 21:33, 2 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete -I am not sure of any Wikipedia's inclusion criteria, subject would be able satisfy at this time. Anupmehra  - Let's talk!  22:20, 2 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete. One marginal WP:RS from a local tabloid, but no real assertion of notability. Agricola44 (talk) 16:48, 3 February 2015 (UTC).
 * Delete. It's a WP:FRINGE subject, so we need extra care about making sure we have mainstream sources rather than ones that take a fringe point of view. In that respect, the quote from her in the one independent source we have (a local newspaper story) saying that she considers herself a skeptic is reassuring. And assuming that she does take that point of view, I don't see why the "dubious scientific value" of her research should be relevant — she appears to be more a historian of local folklore than a scientist. Nevertheless, we have no evidence of passing WP:PROF and a local newspaper story doesn't go very far towards passing WP:GNG. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:40, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
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