Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James L. Mohler


 * 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. —Quarl (talk) 2007-02-10 23:55Z 

James L. Mohler

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Like Mr. Larocca, this fellow fails WP:AUTO and WP:PROF. In addition, it was a contested speedy A7 back on Sept. 2006, where the dissenter wrote "not A7, try prod or afd." And then, drum roll...nothing happened. Please forgive me, because I know it's not the forum, but this is one thing that really irks me about Wikipedia - when people say to do something and don't actually do it. I'm guilty of that too, but seriously, if you contest a speedy deletion, be bold, put it on Afd yourself and don't wait for some depressed university student who can't fall asleep at 3:30 AM to do it for you five months later. YechielMan 08:24, 6 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete. Seems non-notable. fraggle 09:19, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Who? Delete. Axl 10:46, 6 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletions.  -- Pete.Hurd 16:50, 6 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete unless properly sourced and referenced by end of this AfD Alf photoman 17:42, 6 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete I took the liberty of looking at his vita at Purdue. He received his PhD in 2006 in education... hardly notable when he doesn't have a PhD in his field. Seems like promotion to me. Hobbeslover talk/contribs 20:58, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
 * keep First of all, he's a faculty member in computer graphics education, and this it is perfectly reasonable that he has his PhD in education. Second, he has written quite a number of articles in the standard professional computer science journals, and the article says so and names the journals. third, he has written 21 textbooks in his subject, and that is way more than the average by any standard. WP:PROF is just a guideline under development, but one of its standards --and any one is enough-- is that  the professor has written two or book textbooks in the subject that have been adopted by two or more universities. When I saw the nature of his books, I knew checking them would be fun, and so it is. He's written what seem to be the standard books on Flash and related subjects, and I put into the article a few of the many places that have adopted them.
 * As arguments go, "Who?" is presumably a shorthand for I_NEVERHEARDOFHIM, which is a confession of ignorance, not an argument.  I wikified the article, too, and removed some of the many relatively minor awards--wikification was the only real problem. But I do wish that people submitting articles in this of all fields would have some idea of how to format them so they look right on the web. 05:42, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
 * (The above comment was made by DGG). This guy still isn't notable. Axl 20:08, 7 February 2007 (UTC)


 * comment why do we have standards if we dont use them? DGG 01:10, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep, per DGG. The books are not in an academic field, but he an expert at writing books about Macromedia/Adobe products.  Lots of books that are bought by many people makes a person notable. John Vandenberg 17:09, 8 February 2007 (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.