Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jackson Armstrong


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The result was   delete. Cirt (talk) 10:56, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Jackson Armstrong

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Lecturer at Scottish university = assistant professor in US terms; publication record is far too thin to have any accumulation of citations. No other evidence of notability; difficult to tell on GNews because of common name, but adding "history" to the search produces minimal results. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 21:43, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.  —Nomoskedasticity (talk) 21:43, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. The fact that he is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland is not an automatic indication that WP:PROF#3 is satisfied, since "fellow" is synonymous with "member" in the case of this society (source). --CronopioFlotante (talk) 21:56, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. Lecturers at U.K. universities are usually tenured whereas assistant professors at U.S. universities are usually not. Therefore he is more equivalent to an associate professor in U.S. terms. Xxanthippe (talk) 23:17, 3 September 2009 (UTC).
 * I can assure you this is not true (having done my PhD in the US but having spent many years working in British universities). Lecturer is the first rank, the job that new PhDs get.  What then happens (e.g. after a year or two, possibly three) is that someone passes probation -- a very different animal than tenure review.  When one is promoted to Senior Lecturer, then there is equivalence to associate professor.  Nomoskedasticity (talk) 23:33, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Agreed that passing probation is a different animal to the US tenure review, which is much more formidable. Xxanthippe (talk) 00:29, 4 September 2009 (UTC).
 * Delete. May become WP notable later but not yet. Xxanthippe (talk) 07:30, 5 September 2009 (UTC).
 * Delete. In addition to what was already said, he does not seem to have any enough books held by libraries according to WorldCat. Does not seem to pass notability requirements under WP:PROF or WP:BIO. Article created too early.--Eric Yurken (talk) 13:52, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. I did another, more elaborate, search and found approximately 130 libraries worldwide holding the book Seven Eggs Today. Not enough for WP:PROF, I’m afraid.--Eric Yurken (talk) 13:58, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Junior academic with one book. Not yet notable.   DGG ( talk ) 05:39, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
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