Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter L. Hagelstein


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Peter Karlsen (talk) 01:28, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Peter L. Hagelstein

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An associate professor which seems to fail our WP:PROF notability guidelines. Yes, he's been the recipient of accolades from people in cold fusion circles, but that insular community's self-reinforcing attempts to make their ideas famous should not be confused for external notability. ScienceApologist (talk) 15:37, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep His notability was firmly established by the mid 1980s, for his role in the X ray laser and SDI. If you want an approachable biog of these years, try Broad's "Star Warriors". Andy Dingley (talk) 16:12, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep GBooks shows plenty of hits indicating notability. Edward321 (talk) 04:13, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
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 * Keep per WP:PROF criterion 7. If he's the guy who came up with a working x-ray laser, then that has had a significant impact on programs in national defense and the science fiction field generally. We need not discuss whether his work in the field of cold fusion has made any real contribution to his notability (which, as with most pseudosciences, is a minefield). Ray  Talk 18:01, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep at least twice covered by NYT. There are plenty of profs that have articles and never get covered in the news, but this guy seems to make it. Nergaal (talk) 19:24, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
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