Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jenny Y Yang


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Jovanmilic97 (talk) 13:59, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

Jenny Y Yang

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Non-notable academic - does not meet WP:NPROF PRehse (talk) 10:49, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
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 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. Thsmi002 (talk) 13:05, 29 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep: per WP:PROF#1 and 2. Yang won the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. She also clears the notability threshold due to citations of her publications. I count 5 papers cited at least 100 times. Thsmi002 (talk) 13:20, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment: This is the first article created by a new student editor. Please keep in mind WP:BITE. Thsmi002 (talk) 13:28, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep - she has won not just one, but several prestigious scientific awards. Haven't we learned anything from the Donna Strickland affair? -Zanhe (talk) 02:14, 30 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep - meets WP:NPROF as defined - was one of only 13 early-career academics in the energy sector to be recognized by the President of the US and the Department of Energy in 2017. Working on an issue of great societal importance: CO2 fixation and climate remediation. Included in multiple special journal issues highlighting promising young investigators Tarselli (talk) 13:35, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete Even a lot of early carrer awards do not make you important.--Stone (talk) 20:20, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep Based on the citation portion of Thsmi002's comment. An author with five papers each cited >100 times would typically get over the bar. Larry Hockett (Talk) 04:43, 2 December 2018 (UTC)


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