Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Kasum


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The result was   delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 02:24, 5 October 2013 (UTC)

Michael Kasum

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Many sources by Kasum but very little about Kasum per WP:GNG. Books do not pass WP:NBOOK or WP:AUTHOR. Created by WP:SPA. Green Cardamom (talk) 16:44, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
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 * . Working on the basis that a professor emeritus is, in principle, notable, I checked out the three references that are supposed to bear out said claim. Neither of the references that link to the University of South Florida website confirm that he is professor emeritus there: in fact, they don't even mention him. The third inline reference is clearly an unreliable source. --Technopat (talk) 18:21, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Looking an earlier date there is an entry for "Dennis Kasum" (relation?). The "Campus Directory" from 2009, the source used in the article though now offline but restored via Wayback Machine, does not have his name. -- Green Cardamom (talk) 18:59, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that. My search was only for the surname (as experience tells me that some people use initials instead of first names or vice versa, etc.), which is why I didn't find it. On the other hand, in the link you provide, the person in question, whether or not a relative, is described as "Adjunct Instructor" which is hardly the same as "emeritus professor". --Technopat (talk) 20:04, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
 * It is not true that emeritus implies notability. It basically means only that the subject is retired and not disgraced. —David Eppstein (talk) 07:14, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I was referring to the term "professor emeritus" and using it as a stepping stone from which to check possible notability. In any case, "Adjunct Instructor" – by itself – doesn't qualify.--Technopat (talk) 12:16, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, but "professor emeritus" is not a title of intrinsic notability, no more than "professor" is. See WP:PROF for criteria by which a professor may become notable; retiring is not one of them. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:50, 29 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete. The novel The Last Truth by Dennis Michael Kasum was published in 2001 without any ISBN, probably self-published. Since then it has had no mention in the media—the book disappeared from sight as soon as it was released. Searching for either Dennis or Michael Kasum I have found nothing to support the notion that Kasum is notable. He has not won awards, not been recognized by the public, nothing. Binksternet (talk) 19:46, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete. I attempted to sort through which sources were *about* him and which merely *by* him, and found only a faculty roster that could charitably be described as independent and usable as a source. I also found nothing about him in Google news archive. So there's no evidence of passing WP:PROF, WP:AUTHOR, nor WP:GNG. —David Eppstein (talk) 07:11, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fails just about every possible criterion, including WP:PROF, WP:AUTHOR and WP:GNG. --Technopat (talk) 12:20, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
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