Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Behzad Fatahi


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The result was   delete. Single purpose accounts have been given little weight and there is a strong consensus among other editors that the article does not meet the notability guidelines. Davewild (talk) 09:46, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

Behzad Fatahi

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Non-notable assistant professor, insufficient evidence of influence in his field. The awards are student awards, and there are no external news sources suggesting they are important (only press releases). He might prove to be notable at some point, but not yet. As an aside, the article was written by him and he removed the prod. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 09:22, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.  —Nomoskedasticity (talk) 09:25, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete: as per nom.Farhikht (talk) 15:26, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Iran-related deletion discussions.  —Farhikht (talk) 15:29, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

Notable assistant professor. The Major award is "Australasia Young Railway Engineer of Year 2007" which is for Young Civil/Railway Engineers and not students. This National/International (Australasia) award was announced on the awarding organization's website (RTSA, Ref 1) and several other websites (e.g. Ref 4). Dr. Fatahi is a young assistant professor with major achievement in the development of the novel idea of Green Corridors for Transportation Infrastructures. Largest Australian Newspaper (The Australian) has reported on Behzad's achievements and novel idea, and further information can be found on the following link  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.241.126.160 (talk) 02:18, 3 January 2011 (UTC)  — 60.241.126.160 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Delete. Tiny citations. Far too early. Xxanthippe (talk) 05:22, 3 January 2011 (UTC).
 * Delete per nom. DrPhosphorus (talk) 08:32, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep, Young high achiever academic. Researched in a challenging multi disciplinary area of botanic science-civil Engineering. He was named Young Railway Engineer of the Year 2007 and this is major achievement. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fouzieh.lotfi (talk • contribs) 10:09, 3 January 2011 (UTC)  — Fouzieh.lotfi (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. Xxanthippe (talk) 10:38, 3 January 2011 (UTC).
 * Keep, Developed novel model in Geotechnical/Railway Engineering. The NSW company RailCorp spent about $2 billion between 1995 and 2005 on track maintenance, Dr. Fatahi' model could drastically reduce that bill. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.241.126.160 (talk) 10:24, 3 January 2011 (UTC) — 60.241.126.160 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. Xxanthippe (talk) 10:38, 3 January 2011 (UTC).
 * this argument is WP:CRYSTALballing. LibStar (talk) 17:15, 5 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete. Fails the criteria set out at Notability (academics), specifically that the person's impact be demonstrated by independent reliable sources (I don't think that any of the sources in this article at the moment are reliable in the sense defined at WP:RS). Also appears to be an autobiography, raising conflict of interest issues. —Jeremy (talk) 22:58, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. Satisfies two items (1 and 2) as set out at Notability (academics), specifically "the person has received a highly prestigious academic award or honor at a national or international level", Dr. Fatahi got the award and honor of Young Railway Engineer of the Year 2007. His achievement and Novel idea of green corridors for railway lines was also announced in the National TV of Iran, here is the video . In addition BBC Persian as the top international new agency has also interviewed him for his achievements, and the link is . Furthermore, many more references come up by just Google Searching بهزاد فتاحی . There are many clear evidence of his significant impact in the area of soft soil improvement below railway lines by native vegetation. I have noted that his name has been already added to the list of University of Wollongong people with proper reference of the award  — DrGeotech (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Delete obviously his fan club has turned up to vote here. fails WP:PROF. "Australasia Young Railway Engineer of Year 2007" does not advance notability. LibStar (talk) 07:16, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete, Nothing aside from the "Young..." award. These very very very common "Young" awards are just that; given to young researchers who show promise. In Wikipedia terms it means; not yet notable.  Abductive  (reasoning) 13:32, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment. He was cited only 10 times in ISI citation index. This tells he is not notable as someone who works in the field of engineering. However, references by DrGeotech show that he was covered in newspapers and on TV, which might justify his inclusion.Biophys (talk) 19:03, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Agree. The major news agencies such as BBC and National TV announcement may justify inclusion of the article. I came across his other invited lecture given in the Australian Geomechanics Society – Sydney Chapter in March 2008. and it looks many other presenters in this society are well known in the field of Geomechanics .  I also suspect that “Australasia Young Railway Engineer of the Year 2007” can be considered as prestigious academic award in national or international level because it is awarded to Professional Railway Engineers on annual basis in a competitive way, from a prestigious organization Engineers Australia and may pass WP:PROF.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by MathsLive (talk • contribs) 07:42, 8 January 2011 (UTC)  — MathsLive (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

sources]];, ,, ,. I suggest to develop this article further by including more info about “Green Corridors for Railway Lines” — Preceding unsigned comment added by BiotechAU (talk • contribs) 14:02, 5 January 2011 (UTC)  — BiotechAU (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Keep. Enough to cover notability and establish a permanent article. Well know Railway Engineer in Australia and Iran for his novel idea of growing native vegetation along railway lines, , . In addition, to BBC Persian as cited by DrGeotech, Behzad was covered by several major news agencies in Iran such as Iranian Students News Agency in the following link  — Preceding unsigned comment added by RailEng (talk • contribs) 01:17, 5 January 2011 (UTC)  — RailEng (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Keep. Notability is clear from the external sources and news coverage mentioned in the article and above. The RTSA Young Railway Engineer Award 2007 was awarded to him in a Australasian (national/international) competition by the Railway Technical Society of Australasia (RTSA) of Engineers Australia to reward him as he (1) reached a demonstrated level of achievement and involvement in the field of railway engineering; (2) exhibited technical competence, good character and integrity; and (3) and assisted in developing or improving the attitude of the public and/or within the engineering ranks towards railway engineering (taken from RTSA website ). Obviously it is not student award and it is well established professional Railway Engineering award in Australasia awarded on annual basis to one or two top young professional railway engineers. I think this article not only should be saved, but have to be improved. — PhDScience (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Keep. It looks some have not spent enough time to check the cited references. The award is a notable award. According to reliable sources, mainstream news sources such as BBC and Iranian Students News Agency are generally considered to be reliable. Furthermore, the following links are considered as Scholarship according to [[WP:RS|reliable
 * Delete. H-index of only 2 and a collective total number of citations of only 14 (GS). Not hard to see that this is a vanity page. Obvious and heavy socking. Respectfully, Agricola44 (talk) 16:40, 5 January 2011 (UTC).
 * Delete. The award is a student award; WP:PROF explicitly does not count these. His academic impact is low, so he doesn't pass WP:PROF either. I found absolutely nothing under his name in Google news, so WP:GNG is out. And blatant sockpuppetry is also not a reason for keeping articles. —David Eppstein (talk) 07:03, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Agree. All these accounts should be blocked for voting fraud per WP:DUCK. Biophys (talk) 18:41, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
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