Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Oliver Penrose


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The result was   keep. -- Cirt (talk) 03:00, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

Oliver Penrose

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This article lacks notability —and references. Supertouch (talk) 19:10, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
 * It seems rather obvious that I was mistaken in listing this article for AFD now that the page has references. I will leave it here though for a short while. Supertouch (talk)


 * Keep. Meets WP:PROF #1 due to his "pioneering work on Maxwell's demon". Searching various combinations of his name, "Landauer-Penrose-Bennett", and "Maxwell's demon" turns up enough sources to support notability. Being a member of a family with other well-known family members is icing on the cake. I agree with the nom that the article needs sourcing and expansion to better demonstrate the notability of this subject. Location (talk) 21:06, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment. Actually, being related to notable people is depreciated as a source of notability. And the link you provide doesn't lead to anything about Maxwell's Demon. Abductive  (reasoning) 19:28, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Good thing that we're not actually relying on his family to define his notability. And the link points to a source that explicitly describes the subject's work on Maxwell's demon as "pioneering" (click " Page xii >> " in the above link). Location (talk) 20:53, 23 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep I was the one who added the references. It only took a little searching to find that, in his fields of study and especially in terms of Maxwell's Demon, he is a big figure and fairly important, having come up with various theories that have had an impact on multiple fields. Silver  seren C 16:47, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 17:00, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
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 * Keep. The citation record gives him a pass of WP:PROF #1, and the FRS gives him a pass of #3. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:10, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep. Absurd and time wasting nomination; look at the GS cites. Xxanthippe (talk) 23:02, 18 September 2010 (UTC).
 * Keep - clearly notable now that refs have been added. Gandalf61 (talk) 08:21, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment. The links don't lead to what people seem to be saying they lead to. Abductive  (reasoning) 19:28, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
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