Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/George Edward Cheney


 * 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   no consensus. HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   16:54, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

George Edward Cheney

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Nonnotable Biography -- seems like copypasta (but I can't figure out from where) -- created by a single-edit account. jheiv talk  contribs 06:47, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete This article is essentially a CV for this professor. No hits on GNews.  Cheney appears to be well-cited within communications through a Google Scholar search, but the page would need to drastically rewritten in order to be an appropriate biography on Wikipedia. I, Jethrobot drop me a line (note: not a bot!) 07:14, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.  —Tom Morris (talk) 09:56, 9 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Edit and Keep: Seems to me a clear pass of WP:prof via publications and their citations but clearly needs susbtantial editing. (Msrasnw (talk) 12:39, 9 November 2011 (UTC))
 * Additional Comment: A very quick look via the first page on a google scholar search seems to me to indicate he has produced some quite notable work. Eg:
 * The rhetoric of identification and the study of organizational communication Quarterly Journal of Speech, Cited by 347
 * On the various and changing meanings of organizational membership: A field study of organizational identification Communications Monographs, 1983 Cited by 306
 * Rhetoric in an organizational society: Managing multiple identities 1991, Cited by 301
 * Employee participation meets market pressure at Mondragon Cited by 163
 * Participatory processes/paradoxical practices Cited by 172
 * Organizational communication in an age of globalization: Issues, reflections, practicesG Cheney Cited by 146
 * Coming to terms with organizational identification and commitment Cited by 146
 * I am not sure why this isn't obviously a pass of WP:prof with notability being established by such well cited works. (Msrasnw (talk) 18:49, 16 November 2011 (UTC))


 * A further additional comment: A very quick look via google books (| George Cheney in Google Books) seems to list loads of books. These look like important works. Many seem well used. (Library stocking via Worldcat) Also if one goes deeper in to Gbooks and GScholar you find Cheney's work being discussed as an important and notable contribution. (Msrasnw (talk) 09:53, 17 November 2011 (UTC))


 * Delete as lacking in-depth coverage from independent third party sources. Stuartyeates (talk) 05:48, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, v/r - TP 15:27, 16 November 2011 (UTC)




 * Delete the article is a CV, checking google nothing significant turns up. Jab843 (talk) 15:56, 16 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Substantial change to the article: I have shortend the article massively and added multiple independent reviews to some of his books (Book Reviews in PRJs) and now I think is less problematic. (Msrasnw (talk) 15:19, 17 November 2011 (UTC))
 * Keep I've struck my above support for deletion based on the overwhelming rewrite of the article. Thanks, Msrasnw!  I, Jethrobot drop me a line (note: not a bot!) 16:16, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.