Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David M. Cameron


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The result was   delete. Stifle (talk) 10:58, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

David M. Cameron

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Still unsourced after 5 years. Little to no biographical coverage. Gigs (talk) 15:35, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete A worthy individual doing a good job but not encyclopaedia material. (Had he played a couple of games of football professionally, might be another story...) Peridon (talk) 16:13, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Weak keep pending further evidence. How thorough a search for sources was done WP:BEFORE this nomination? We judge not by whether there are references in the article, but by whether sources exist somewhere. He was a "senior advisor" to the government, then a full professor and department chair. Usually this is the result of a career of scholarship, publication, and distinguished service, and not a random happening.  Perhaps someone in his field could evaluate his results at Google Scholar : and Google books: . See  which seems to demonstrate notability" member of numerous academic advisory councils and boards" etc.  Edison (talk) 17:40, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Weak keep, there is now a source to his time with Dalhousie University and an award he won. The source is from the university, however, so it isn't completely independent. J04n(talk page) 22:30, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:49, 24 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete non notable professor. MLA (talk) 21:14, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete The sources in the various Gsearches confirm that he existed and did some decent work in academic administration, but the Gscholar h-index is 7 over a full career, which suggests that he's not more notable than the average professor. Ray  Talk 19:07, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete. He seems to have been more active as an administrator and consultant than as a researcher, but not at a high enough level to establish notability that way. —David Eppstein (talk) 06:19, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
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