Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kenneth A. Loparo


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) DavidLeighEllis (talk) 01:00, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

Kenneth A. Loparo

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This appear to be an autobiography. It's largely self-promotional and does not appear to satisfy WP:NACADEMICS. Tchaliburton (talk) 03:30, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
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 * ?. Would the nom like to say if subject passes WP:Prof on the basis of cites in Google scholar or if he passes WP:Prof? Xxanthippe (talk) 04:09, 29 July 2014 (UTC).
 * It's not clear to me that he does pass WP:Prof on the basis of Google Scholar, but I would welcome some feedback from people who know more about his field. I also can't determine if he passes WP:Prof. He does not appear to be a distinguished professor but I'm not sure what a "Nord Professor" is. Tchaliburton (talk) 04:27, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
 * It's clearly an endowed chair of precisely the type described by #C5. That's what it means to be called by something of the form "X Professor" where X looks like the name of a person or company. (Distinguished Professor, University Professor, etc. are something different but comparable in the level of distinction they convey.) If you aren't familiar with this convention, perhaps guessing which of our articles on academics are worth keeping might not be your strength. —David Eppstein (talk) 05:32, 29 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep - is an IEEE Fellow, which is the example used at WP:PROF. EricEnfermero  HOWDY! 04:32, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Snow keep. I'm not familiar enough with citation patterns in this branch of EE to say whether they are typically low or high but seven papers with over 100 cites each should be good enough for WP:PROF regardless. And the passes of #C3 and #C5 have already been well demonstrated above. The autobiography issue is indeed a problem, but the article seems reasonably factual and neutral despite that (although perhaps the listing of minor awards could be trimmed); the article creator should be admonished to concentrate his Wikipedia editing on subjects where his expertise can be helpful without having so much of a conflict of interest. —David Eppstein (talk) 05:38, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep. Passes WP:Prof on the basis of cites in Google scholar, passes WP:Prof also. Xxanthippe (talk) 05:45, 29 July 2014 (UTC).
 * Keep. As an endowed chair and department chair of a major university and a fellow member of the IEEE, he is surely notable. He has won awards for both his research and his teaching. —teb728 t c 06:40, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
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