Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Oliver McGee


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The result was   keep. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 04:41, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Oliver McGee

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This subject seems not to be the subject of in-depth coverage by reliable sources (WP:BASIC). He's also very, very far from meeting WP:ACADEMIC. The best coverage I found was an interview of McGee about McGee on a website for "untold personal stories of both well-known and unsung" persons, which enters the realm of WP:BLPSPS (self-serving claims by the interviewee), and human interest coverage. Generally, the more reliable coverage mentions McGee in passing, and the actual topic of coverage is often what McGee is talking about, as opposed to McGee himself. JFHJr (㊟) 21:57, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
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 * Keep His profile is a bit eclectic, but he does have a decent academic career, serving as chairman of Civil Engineering at Ohio State, before he transitioned into administrative/political activities. To quote from the awards section of his own bio at his webpage: "the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) & the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching's 1995 State of Georgia Professor of the Year, U.S. Black Engineer Magazine's 1996 Black Engineer of the Year Award, Education College-Level, and Science Spectrum Magazine’s “Fifty (50) Most Important Blacks in Research Science” for 2004. In 2005, McGee was named to Science Spectrum Magazine’s “Top Minorities in American Research Science” List....he is a former member of the National Science Foundation Advisory Committee for Engineering (1998-2001)." We may safely assume that Science Spectrum Magazine, at least, did some study and coverage of his work, providing some coverage under WP:BIO, and then the NSF advisory committees are quite influential, giving grounds on WP:PROF C7, even quite independent of the fact that Fox News airs interviews with him. In the more colloquial sense for notability of, "is this a noteworthy individual?" I think the answer is an unambiguous yes. Ray  Talk 01:58, 13 April 2013 (UTC)
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 * Keep, subject has received multiple mentions in non-primary reliable sources, as well as some significant coverage in non-primary reliable sources, such as in this magazine. Therefore, the subject passes WP:GNG. The article should be checked for neutrality so it is not promotional, but AfD is not a replacement for article improvement.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 00:05, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep the material cited above is sufficient to show notability by the GNG. Whether he is a notable academic is not discussed in the article, as far as I can tell he is not--there are almost no citations to his engineering publication.Neither he isnotable under WP:PROF as an academic administrator. But the GNG option in WP:PROF was designed for individuals with careers like his.  DGG ( talk ) 01:21, 22 April 2013 (UTC)   DGG ( talk ) 01:21, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
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