Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hossein Baghernejad


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The result was delete.  MBisanz  talk 02:15, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

Hossein Baghernejad

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The article fails to meet WP:GNG or the criteria in WP:NACADEMICS because it does not provide independant, reliable sources about Hossein Baghernejad. The article claims that he was promoted to the rank of an | honorary professor due to his "outstanding achievements regarding the implementation of scientific discoveries into practical use", quoting one criterium given in Paragraph 72 (1) Hessisches Hochschulgesetz. However, reliable sources have raised doubts that the title of honorary professor in Germany is always based on academic achievements , . I could not find one publication, or independant, reliable source about his academic achievements. JimRenge (talk) 14:29, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
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 * Delete per the lack of independent coverage. --Rubbish computer (HALP!: I dropped the bass?) 18:12, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
 * delete. Hossein Baghernejad does not meet any of the notability conditions for academics. The only scientific document by him the internet knows about is his PHD thesis. His academic status is "apl. Professor". The abbreviation stands for "außerplanmäßig" which roughly translates to "not regular". The conditions for this title vary between German states and have changed with time. But there is a common denominator: Apl. Prof. is generally ranked third after "ordentlicher Professor" (regular professor) and "Honorarprofessor" (honorary professor). It is not necessarily associated with a permanent position in university faculty. When working at a university the legal status of apl. professors is employee rather than civil servant like regular professors. The title is not awarded an explicit honour. But it is meant to be a recognition of the recipients work. (Source of all this: I work as scientific staff in a German university. If necessary, I can provide official documents,) Hossein Baghernejad is implicated in the recent upset in German wikipedia with regard to the supposed death of the author who used the account Andreas Parker, the self-acclaimed authors collective Psychologie-aktuell, a bunch of made-up identities and seventy-something books on psychology with content levied from wikipedia articles and published as book-on-demand. H. Baghernejad is listed in the "honorary board of trustees" of the Goldenberg Institute which is closely linked to Psychologie-aktuell. Scroll down to the bottom for the English translation. See the investigation page on German wikipedia for the details. ---&#60;)kmk(&#62;- (talk) 03:08, 20 January 2016 (UTC)


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