Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hai-Lung Dai


 * 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 Early keep per WP:SNOWBALL. No need for this to stay running as strong consensus to keep and a very clear notability ground is apparent. KaisaL (talk) 22:28, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

Hai-Lung Dai

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Reason Hedybaker (talk) 12:15, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Articles for deletion/Log/2016 June 29.  —cyberbot I   Talk to my owner :Online 12:32, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment. The nominator is also the article's creator and seems to have included the rationale in the edit summary instead in the text of the nomination, it was "I would like to delete this entry as the provost is no longer in this role". This is, however, an invalid reason. The article has major issues regarding neutrality, but this is also not relevant. What is, is the fact that it may be failing WP:PROF. I'll ping User:Randykitty for his opinion on that; and I will to ping WikiProject Chemistry - maybe someone there can review the awards and say if any actually matter. If anyone comments here, please do WP:ECHO me. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here  12:50, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose deletion – suggest moving back to draft space. The subject is clearly notable by our standards, meeting criterion 5 of WP:ACADEMIC: "The person holds or has held a named chair appointment or distinguished professor appointment at a major institution of higher education and research (or an equivalent position in countries where named chairs are uncommon)." However, there's an evident but apparently undeclared WP:COI or WP:PAID problem, and the principal author is the originator of this discussion. Moving it back to draft space seems the best compromise. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 12:54, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep (in response to ' ping). Article probably needs some pruning and cleanup (and checking of the references), but as, says, having a named chair meets WP:PROF. --Randykitty (talk) 13:04, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Sam Sailor Talk! 17:40, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Taiwan-related deletion discussions. Sam Sailor Talk! 17:40, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. Sam Sailor Talk! 17:40, 29 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Speedy keep, no valid deletion rationale supplied. This could plausibly be a WP:CSD speedy deletion, as the nominator is the only significant contributor to the article, but I think that would be a bad idea. If the article creator previously had a conflict of interest causing them to create this article for promotional reasons, it could very well be the case that the subject's fall from grace with the university administration has put the article creator on the other side of the issue, with a continuing conflict of interest against the subject. We should judge the case on our own neutral grounds, not internal campus politics. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:58, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep. Passes WP:Prof with an h-index of 30 in chemistry. However, article is too long and tendentious, and needs substantial pruning. Xxanthippe (talk) 23:34, 29 June 2016 (UTC).
 * Keep with some cleanup. Notability is not temporary, and he satisfies WP:GNG/WP:PROG has having held major positions at several major universities. Beyond the usual notability within the world of academia, his departure from Temple landed in the lay press the past few days as something beyond the usual ebb and flow of leadership . The COI of User:Hedybaker is obvious. DMacks (talk) 03:25, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep – I saw a notice at the chem wikiproject asking for input. The article needs rewriting but he does meet notability under WP:PROF as the holder of a named chair and accepting the statement above of an h-index of 30.  EdChem (talk) 07:22, 30 June 2016 (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.