Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ben Edmestone Barnes


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The result was   delete.  MBisanz  talk 13:27, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Ben Edmestone Barnes

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Flunks WP:ACADEMIC. According to the WP:OR in the article: ''Ben Barnes had only a few papers published in the Bulletin of the CNP, but his scientific thoughts, his high capacity as a teacher and his enthusiasm for polemic matters on the frontier of science, influenced many generations of his students, particularly in the subjects of structural geology, geophysics, petroleum geology and mineral deposits. Most of his students, after graduation, worked for PETROBRÁS and for many mining companies or universities in Brazil. Many of them became also influential to later generations of students thus creating a chain of progressive knowledge in the country on the cited fields of the geological sciences.'' Article had notability tag since September 2007, but no material improvement, other than today's removal of the PROD and notability tag. 115 Ghits, virtually all Wikipedia related; 2 Google books hits in Portugese, which appear not to be significant. Only Wikipedia article that links to this is List of Brazilians. THF (talk) 11:38, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete: Sounds like a great guy and teacher, but I don't see notability. --Bobak (talk) 19:08, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete He might be notable as a teacher, but there is unfortunately no way to tell. We need some actual evidence that he is in fact regarded as influential in establish geology as field of teaching in Brazil. The article claims that, & if it could be shown he'd be notable. DGG (talk) 22:00, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.   —John Z (talk) 04:02, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Brazil-related deletion discussions.   —John Z (talk) 04:28, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. Unfortunately does not seem to pass notability requirements under WP:PROF or WP:BIO. A Google Scholar search returns zero citations. I agreed with Bobak - certainly seems like a dedicated professor, and a good person.--Eric Yurken (talk) 03:57, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete No independent reliable sources. No WP:PROF or WP:BIO. Descíclope (talk) 22:38, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. I tried googling him using Benjamin vs. Ben, including the middle name vs. removing it, but I can't find ghits to support notability requirements for WP:ACADEMIC. I did find others with the unique "Edmestone Barnes" name including an Isaac Edmestone Barnes and a Dr. J. Edmestone Barnes, just not Ben Edmestone Barnes.  A search at worldcat didn't bring up records for him. The 1949 report listed as a Reference appears to be his only published work, but it is not "highly cited". Rosiestep (talk) 23:38, 12 February 2009 (UTC)


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