Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/L. A. Ramdas


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The result was   keep. Courcelles 00:19, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

L. A. Ramdas

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Does not pass WP:PROF. Few papers with few citations as per GScholar. The phenomenon of Ramdas Layer not notable - only used by one author and not in a highly cited paper. &mdash; Finemann (talk) 23:27, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
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 *  Week Keep with a GS h index of 9. Much of the work was done before the internet and web citations would not be expected. Xxanthippe (talk) 23:16, 6 August 2011 (UTC).
 * Delete Regardless of whether this person is notable, this article makes no claim to this person's notability. The references are just about this person's work and not about this person himself.   Blue Rasberry    (talk)   03:46, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:00, 11 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep I created the article. Ramdas is a well-known scientist, and I made this page after listening to convection researcher who was working on some atmospheric effects and he mentioned Ramdas Layer, which I then looked up.  It is a rather well-known phenomenon in atmospheric convection circles today, and generated considerable surprise when Ramdas discovered it, leading others to verify it, some of which I have cited.  I am not at all a domain expert however, and if we can get someone they can add much more to it. I am not sure what user:Bluerasberry means - most biographies on wikipedia focus on the person's work and that is what makes for notability. I created the article from cursory reading of some of the papers, and could not find anything about his personal life etc. if that's what Bluerasberry means.  But the article cites several well-respected publications that cite his work, and like xxanthippe says, google scholar is not so reliable for work from an older period. To my mind, the article serves to broaden Wikipedia's encyclopedic coverage and belongs. mukerjee (talk) 14:55, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Mukerjee is correct about articles on researchers being about their work. user:Bluerasberry should read WP:Prof. Xxanthippe (talk) 01:22, 13 August 2011 (UTC).

Comment Convert to Ramdas layer article? That seems clearly notable and has no article. North8000 (talk) 19:23, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Possible alternative idea but I remain in favor of keep. Xxanthippe (talk) 22:23, 11 August 2011 (UTC).


 * Keep Made a major discovery in his field. GS h index  is totally irrelevant  for people of his period. We might also need an article on the discovery  DGG ( talk ) 15:48, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. Being a Fellow of (the predecessor of) the Indian National Science Academy arguably satisfies WP:PROF. Also, there are examples of detailed biographical coverage, like the one here, so likely passes WP:BIO as well. Nsk92 (talk) 02:36, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Also, he received the Padma Shri award - the 4th highest civilian award in India. Nsk92 (talk) 19:59, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
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