Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Donald G. Fink


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   keep. Withdrawn by nominator / WP:SNOW keep.  So Why  08:25, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Donald G. Fink

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President of a professional organization. Not listed on the organization page's listing of notable presidents. Thus, IMHO, not indication of separate notability for this person. Unsourced as well. TexasAndroid (talk) 16:42, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Speedy Keep Not listed on Wikipedia's page for notable presidents you mean? The man has numerous books, including text books, that he published and/or edited. There are over 12,000 ghits for him. In 1979 (30 years ago) an award from the IEEE was named in honor of him, per the organization, The award is named in honor of Donald G. Fink, distinguished editor and author, who was a Past President of the IRE, and the first General Manager and Executive Director of the IEEE. That alone is enough to make him notable enough for an article. The IEEE's bio of Donald. If you can read that and still conclude that the article fails our notability criteria...--- I'm Spartacus!  NO! I'm Spartacus! 16:54, 29 May 2009 (UTC) NOTE: The IEEE's page looks like a wiki that uses the same software as WP, but it does not appear to be a wikiclone. I can't find the article or author on WP.--- I'm Spartacus!  NO! I'm Spartacus! 17:02, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

To add to that, the subjects work and the award are mentioned in numerous Wikipedia articles and references. An article would be a useful addition as a target for wikilinking.  Sp in ni ng  Spark  17:11, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions.  —Beeblebrox (talk) 19:45, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Why did you do that for a dead person?  Sp in ni ng  Spark  00:06, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * My guess is because the one-sentence "biography" doesn't bother to mention when the guy lived or died. Removed. لenna  vecia  18:36, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Snow keep, having read and checked Spartacus' post; I think Spartacus has absolutely slaughtered the argument for deletion.— S Marshall  Talk / Cont  20:04, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep. As much as I hate "per-x" rationale, it's appropriate in this one. Especially given the article's creation edit summary states that the one-liner was being created so an IP could flesh it out, and there's clearly plenty of that to be had. Arakunem Talk 20:12, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. On top of everything else (despite not really being an academic) he clearly passes WP:PROF #6 (as BDFL of IEEE) and #8 as editor of Proc. IRE. But the better reason for keeping is that we have plenty of material from the bio linked by Spartacus to expand this into a real and properly sourced article. —David Eppstein (talk) 06:00, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm not convinced that the Bio I linked can be used as an RS... it looks like a wiki to me. BUT if it is a wiki, I give it more credence than I do most as it is monitored more closely by the IEEE.--- I'm Spartacus!  NO! I'm Spartacus! 06:29, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok, but I think this one is sufficiently reliable. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:45, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * And this one even more so. —David Eppstein (talk) 20:21, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * And if we needed another, here's his NYT obit. —David Eppstein (talk) 00:57, 31 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep. Fink was one of the 20th century's most prominent electrical engineers. GreenGourd (talk) 08:21, 30 May 2009 (UTC)


 * As the original nominator, I'm now striking my original position. The article is no longer a "one line biography", as someone put it, and plenty of sources for his notability have been found.  Good job, all.  As there are no other Delete opinions, IMHO anyone who would like to snowball close this as Keep is welcome to do so. - TexasAndroid (talk) 21:56, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
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