Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/H. S. Gopalakrishna


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The result was   delete. JForget 00:32, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

H. S. Gopalakrishna

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No sighificant work of notability --kaeiou (talk) 22:50, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Very few GS cites. Xxanthippe (talk) 23:16, 12 February 2010 (UTC).
 * Delete. For keeping, HSG was a professor. Against, the body of work is not large or notable. Against wins. MiRroar (talk) 23:18, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Does not meet the notability requirements of WP:ACADEMIC.  Although much of his work is pre-internet, there are very few third party citations of his work online, making it unlikely that he/she has made the significant impact on his/her field the criteria requires.  Similarly, there is no evidence of a major award, appointment to a chair of a major university or head of a major institution.  In short, there is no evidence of notability as an academic.  Wikipeterproject (talk) 23:37, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.  —John Z (talk) 00:20, 13 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions.  —John Z (talk) 00:57, 13 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Low cites in GScholar and GBooks. MathSciNet lists 19 papers by him, with the total of 3 citations. Most papers seem to be in relatively obscure journals. Nothing else in the record indicates passing WP:PROF. Nsk92 (talk) 19:03, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
 *  Keep and expand Weak Delete: my understanding is that India uses the British meaning of professor (i.e. = "chair"), which would meet WP:Prof criterion #5, given that Karnatak University is a major university in India. The Karnatak University web site lists him as one of a small number of "eminent mathematicians ... [who] worked as faculty members and Chairpersons and brought the Department to a level which is on par with any other best departments of our country." In other words, his notability lies in his impact on the development of his institution. However, being only 2 lines, the article needs considerable expansion. -- Radagast3 (talk) 01:45, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment #5 reads - The person holds or has held a named chair appointment or "Distinguished Professor" appointment at a major institution of higher education and research. HSG was not a chair. How do we or wiki define a distinguished professor? Is Karnataka University a top 50 or a top n in India? Are these answered anywhere? We have to depend upon the data from Google scholar, MathScienceNet or other tools (reliable sources) to figure out whether someone is distinguished in that chosen field of research. Chair is a relative term (must be of a well known reputed institution (Tier 1 or 2 school in that discipline)). --kaeiou (talk) 02:11, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Karnataka is a state with a population substantially larger than California or Spain. Karnataka University is the second oldest in the state, with over a million students. That makes it a "major institution." Given the British definition of professor, I understand that H. S. Gopalakrishna was a chair (I could be wrong), which would make him notable on the basis of his service to the institution. I agree that he is not notable on the basis of his publications. -- Radagast3 (talk) 02:33, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment populations may not measure the strength - it is the the quaility of research for an auniversity. I think KU comes after Mysore and Bangalore Universities. I do see two more math professors E. Sampathkumar and K. S.  Amur from KU who served as chair, not HSG - May be he was chair somewhere else. sorry.--kaeiou (talk) 02:47, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
 * The full quote from the KU web site was "Eminent mathematicians like Prof P. N. Shivakumar (Presently at University of Manitoba, Canada), Prof K. S. Amur, Prof H. S. Gopalakrishna, Prof E. Sampathkumar, Prof S.R. Malghan, Prof S. M. Sarangi, Prof B. A. Uralegaddi and Prof (Smt) P. S. Neeralagi worked as faculty members and Chairpersons and brought the Department to a level which is on par with any other best departments of our country." Sampathkumar followed Amur as chair, so you are correct: Gopalakrishna can't have been the chair. I'm changing my vote to Weak Delete. Sorry for wasting your time. -- Radagast3 (talk) 03:04, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
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