Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Masayoshi Yamaguchi


 * 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   keep. Courcelles 00:50, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Masayoshi Yamaguchi

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Autobiographical article. No reliable third-party coverage demonstrating notability or substantiating any of the claims made. --DAJF (talk) 23:33, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.  —David Eppstein (talk) 00:25, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions.  —DAJF (talk) 00:55, 1 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep. Subject appears to have a GS h index of around 40, comparable to those of some Nobel Prize winners and giving a clear pass of WP:Prof. Please will the nominator explain why he did not take this matter into account. Xxanthippe (talk) 01:00, 1 August 2011 (UTC).
 * I did not take the "GS h index" you describe into account because I was not aware of it. WP:Prof does however require that notability be "demonstrated by independent reliable sources", of which there is still none. --DAJF (talk) 01:32, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
 * When an egregious mistake is made a gracious withdrawal is always possible as here. Xxanthippe (talk) 02:13, 1 August 2011 (UTC).
 * "Egregious mistake" seems like a silly characterization. There are colorable arguments to be made in both directions. Although for myself I lean keep (for an article in properly-referenced form), it still seems to be that pointed questions such as "Would the nominator please explain why she/he didn't do XYZ before nominating??" don't advance the discussion at all. Nomination was made in good faith, with an entirely proper rationale (no reliable third-party coverage); no reason to jump all over the nominator. All the best --Neutralitytalk 00:59, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Before proposing an article for deletion, nominators are expected to carry out WP:Before, in this case on the basis of WP:Prof. A well-constructed example is here. No accusations of bad faith were made. The issue is competence and adherence to policy. When an AfD is proposed, an extra workload is placed on editors who operate in the relevant area and it is helpful to them if WP:Before is carried out effectively. It is disappointing the nominator has not seen fit to respond. Xxanthippe (talk) 03:33, 11 August 2011 (UTC).


 * Keep per the very high number of citations of his papers and publications (Citation counts per this page on Google Scholar): 216 citations, 129 citations,  127 citations,  103 citations,  100 citations,  96 citations,  91 citations,  76 citations,  82 citations, 87 citations, and so on). He very clearly has "made significant impact in their scholarly discipline, broadly construed, as demonstrated by independent reliable sources." (WP:Prof) ··· 日本穣 ? ·  投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WikiProject Japan ! 02:48, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment. I have in the past and today again removed multiple vanity scam "awards" from this article, from the International Biographical Centre, United Cultural Convention, etc. I am not convinced of the reality of the remaining listed awards. He may well pass WP:PROF but I think the article should be stripped down to only the parts that can be adequately sourced. I don't know j-global (the only source currently listed); is it itself something that publishes information with some sort of editorial control, or is it just a news scraper? —David Eppstein (talk) 03:41, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
 * It looks to be a site which collates information from a variety of selected sources (you can see them listed here). It should be noted that the Japan Science and Technology Agency is a governmental agency (here's their English-language page), so I suspect it's reliable information. It looks like their page on Yamaguchi is basically a brief biographical sketch, with basic CV info. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WikiProject Japan ! 04:09, 1 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,  Sandstein   05:26, 8 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep. Emory is a first-rank university, and being a Visiting Professor there is a strong sign of notability. The credits list for him there make out a strong case for WP:PROF. You're up, Dekkappai. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 22:42, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
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