Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Hanson (Sculptor/Robotics Researcher)

from VfD:

Not very notable, did some doctoral work that got a little press attention, but nothing meriting a bio here. --fvw *  18:15, 2005 Jan 6 (UTC)


 * KeepI just moved this page to where it is, as it was sharing a page with David Hanson (MP)'s biog which I thought deserved its own page. I had to create a disambiguation David Hanson page for it, but didn't really know if it was relevant.  Having altered links to the page, I saw that there are a few pages that link to it, chronicling some detailed research, so it is relevant in some respect.81.153.212.124 18:41, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)


 * Keep - Developing one of the world's most advanced robot heads is fairly notable in my opinion, and his work has been covered internationally (there's a BBC article about it). - Starblind 19:45, Jan 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * It should be noted that the bbc tech/sci news department do a lot of these fluff pieces, many of them about interesting or fun but (in my opinion) non-notable subjects. And the "most advanced robot head" claim from the article is nonsense ofcourse, this is merely (one of) the most realistic imitations of a human head. --fvw *  19:51, 2005 Jan 6 (UTC)
 * And or course that always comes down to the individual's opinion of what notability, uh, denotes. And I don't intend to say that mine is correct or yours is incorrect.  But it remains that Hanson is a pioneer in a very small field of research, whose work has attracted acclaim and attention on a global scale, which by itself puts him well above probably a good half of single-person Wikipedia articles. Starblind 20:10, Jan 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. He's in USA Today and the BBC and he's a leader in his field. This passes my notability test by a  comfortable margin. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 20:49, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. As others said. Paranoid 20:57, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, borderline notability, needs expansion. Megan1967 01:39, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, seems no notability to me Ejrrjs | What? 02:58, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. He's notable enough to be featured in various publications. --Deathphoenix 21:01, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notable by any fair measure... Salazar 02:40, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Certainly looks notable to me. Raven42 14:07, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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