Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jay Gambetta


 * 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 speedy keep. (non-admin closure) ~ Winged Blades Godric  00:43, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

Jay Gambetta

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The only sources that mention Gambetta are primary (IBM and APS). WP:GNG and WP:NPROF call for discussion in secondary sources. Waggie (talk) 15:15, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep Passes WP:PROF as a Fellow of the American Physical Society. A GS h-index of 53 is also more than enough to pass WP:PROF, even in a fairly highly-cited field. In academic biographies, sources affiliated with the subject (e.g., websites from the university where they studied) are considered acceptable for claims not likely to be contested (e.g., the years they attended that school). The article could use additional sourcing and an editing for tone, but AfD is not cleanup, and there is absolutely no question of notability here. XOR&#39;easter (talk) 18:06, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. XOR&#39;easter (talk) 18:06, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. XOR&#39;easter (talk) 18:06, 24 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Speedy keep as above. A mighty WP:Trout for the nominator for not carrying out WP:Before. Xxanthippe (talk) 22:32, 24 May 2018 (UTC).
 * This long discussion has a couple of mentions about this article. StrayBolt (talk) 23:05, 24 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Speedy Keep and the nominator needs to go to ANI for this absolutely WP:POINTy nomination. User:Espresso Addict already told them they would have approved this page through AfC in about 30 seconds because it was a clear pass on WP:PROF This is pure disruption by the nom combined with the lies and unsubstantiated attacks against me at AfC talk - beyond unreasonable. AfDing a clearly notable subject you have been told is notable is worse than accepting a Draft that later fails to pass an AfD. Legacypac (talk) 23:48, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep per XOR&#39;easter. The most charitable explanation for this nomination is that the editor has entirely failed to understand the WP:PROF guidelines, but I fear this is not a good-faith nomination per Waggie's contributions to the Articles for Creation discussion linked above by StrayBolt. Espresso Addict (talk) 23:59, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
 * If secondary sources are desired, then a few seconds with Google News came up with this profile & this article on his work, plus numerous others. Espresso Addict (talk) 00:17, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

Turns out he is now an IBM Fellow Which IBM calls "289 Fellows colleagues from the past 55 years as some of the most creative engineers, scientists and designers IBM — and the world — has known." That passes WP:ANYBIO #1 Legacypac (talk) 00:37, 25 May 2018 (UTC)


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