Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Yueh-Han Yieh


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The result was   delete.  MBisanz  talk 23:36, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

John Yueh-Han Yieh

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One of a handful of people associated with Virginia Theological Seminary whose article was created today; as with most of the others I'm not sure the subject of this one meets the notability requirement. --User:AlbertHerring Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla! 02:19, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
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 * Delete as failing WP:PROF - he's just another proffesor. At least one of the books is a university press, so i don't think makes him notable for that.Yobmod (talk) 13:33, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:01, 16 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Del. Article doesn't make any specific assertions of notability, looks more like any professor's CV than an article about a notable living person. ThuranX (talk) 21:10, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
 * weak Keep His book "One Teacher : Jesus' teaching role in Matthew's Gospel report" from the major academic humanities publisher deGruyter is in about 100 WorldCat libraries. For the subject, this is of at least borderline significance, & his college is a major theological institute. DGG (talk) 04:48, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * His mother must be proud of him. But what does any of that have to do with whether a neutrally sourced article can be written at this title? 160.39.213.152 (talk) 12:05, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. I don't see what harm there is in being inclusionist about this. He's a published scholar. As such, even without knowing anything about him, I feel confident that within whatever niche field it is that he studies, he is eminently notable and important. LordAmeth (talk) 00:57, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment Every scholar publishes, that's what they do. That doesn't make them notable and I can assure you that I know many a published scientists who is eminently non-notable.... --Crusio (talk) 08:18, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Ask someone who studies the Gospel of Matthew if Prof. Yieh is notable. ... I once had a professor in college who taught medieval history. He wasn't famous or anything, really; he hadn't even published in over 20 years. But he was an amazing lecturer, with a really unique and fun personality. I never thought he was anyone special, really, just another college professor. Then one of my friends went over to the UK to do her MA, and her advisor there was shocked that she had studied in undergrad with the great William E. Kapelle, the top scholar on the Normans in Northern England and Scotland. In other words, within that field of research, Kapelle is a superstar. And I am sure that if you ask the right people, people who study precisely the same niche thing that Prof Yieh does, you'll find that he's a superstar, extremely notable, as well, within his field. Just because you haven't heard of him doesn't mean he isn't notable. LordAmeth (talk) 14:18, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * You may note that I haven't voted, so I didn't say that he was not notable (and certainly not because I never heard of him). I just commented upon the fact that your argument is invalid, despite the nice anecdote about Kapelle. If we follow your logic, we should immediately stop all AfDs. Certainly someone somewhere thinks Mr/Mrs XYZ is notable and a superstar! The fact that I haven't heard of him indeed does not prove that he's not notable, neither does it prove that he is notable. What we need is a few reliable sources to show notability, nothing more, nothing less. --Crusio (talk) 14:34, 18 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete. Could not find enough to establish notability under WP:PROF. Does not seem to pass WP:BIO either. His book, which is in 109 libraries worldwide according to WorldCat, seems to be largely based on his doctoral dissertation. The following is the dissertation’s entry on WorldCat: “One teacher: Jesus' teaching role in Matthew's gospel / Author: Yieh, John Y. H. Publication: 2003 /Dissertation: Thesis (Ph. D.)--Yale University, 2003.” The title is nearly identical to that of the book. The subject may become notable in the future, but is not notable yet in my opinion. One quasi-notable book based on a recent dissertation is not enough.--Eric Yurken (talk) 18:19, 19 February 2009 (UTC)


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