Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matthias Berking


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The result was keep. I was choosing between no consensus and keep; it is borderline, and I have chosen keep just because the later votes are all keep. In any case, the article will not be deleted for now.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:58, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

Matthias Berking

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WP:BLP of a psychologist and academic, making no real or properly sourced claim of notability for it — it's really little more than a straight repost of his own CV, and is sourced exclusively to a PDF of, guess what, his own CV. This is not how a person gets a Wikipedia article. He might qualify if something substantive and reliably sourced could be written about him — but Wikipedia is not LinkedIn, so nothing claimed here entitles him to keep an article that's written and sourced like this. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 22:58, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Have you looked at the links above? Xxanthippe (talk) 21:52, 23 February 2016 (UTC).

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete. Clinical psychologist with a few publications. Appears to fail GNG. Doesn't appear to qualify as an academic. Happy to listen to arguments to the contrary. --Hobbes Goodyear (talk) 18:59, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, J04n(talk page) 00:00, 1 February 2016 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Onel 5969  TT me 12:39, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 14:41, 12 February 2016 (UTC)
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 * Keep perhaps as the Professor of Psychology at Erlangen University would seem convincing and notable enough for an article. If not, then delete I suppose if the current article is still questionable. Notifying for analysis.  SwisterTwister   talk  05:12, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep. Clearly notable as both WP:PROF and WP:AUTHOR. Writer of major textbooks is German and English. 3rd party verification needs to be added for the publications. His official CV is fine for the rest.  DGG ( talk ) 05:59, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Has written textbooks, but are they "major"? Evidence based on academic cites or otherwise would be appreciated. --Hobbes Goodyear (talk) 19:50, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 03:45, 16 February 2016 (UTC)
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 * Keep. An h-index of 20 (in a highly cited field) plus the books passes WP:Prof. Xxanthippe (talk) 21:50, 23 February 2016 (UTC).
 * Keep per Xxanthippe. FreeKnowledgeCreator (talk) 23:28, 23 February 2016 (UTC)


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