Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rachid Yazami


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   no consensus. Despite the arguments of the "delete" side of this debate, evidence has been found that this individual has at least some degree of notability. Let's try improving the article based on the sources found for him, and if that doesn't go over well, maybe we can reconsider deleting the article later. One two three... 00:19, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Rachid Yazami

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No evidence of meeting WP:BIO, and one cannot ascertain how notable the research and patents mentioned are due to my inability to find any legitimate third-party sources. The article appears to be created by its subject, and the only evidence one can find is at the article Lithium-ion battery, into which the subject has inserted himself, and per this edit, that assertion may be misinformation. -- Kinu t /c  19:22, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. No references to indicate notability per WP:BIO. Vicenarian (talk) 19:48, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions.  -- kelapstick (talk) 20:11, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
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 * Delete. Passes neither WP:PROF nor WP:BIO. May become notable in the future, but not yet there.--Eric Yurken (talk) 02:43, 23 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Weak keep. VIASPACE CEO Dr. Carl Kukkonen stated, "Dr. Yazami is a key advisor in the implementation of VIASPACE's strategy for expanded energy products. With his assistance and advice, the new VIASENSOR BA-1000 Battery Electrode Health Analyzer has been rapidly developed from a lab model into a product. We have received extremely favorable feedback from major battery manufacturers and research labs working on lithium battery development, and initial sales of this test station have begun. We are delighted to add Dr. Yazami to our Advisory Board, and VIASPACE will benefit from his service." That's an assertion of notability. Going by his Caltech homepage, he developed Lithium ion batteries in the 80s and was a Research Director at the CNRS: I doubt that Caltech employs many outright frauds. I'm looking for better sources. Fences and windows (talk) 23:39, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment "Research Director" at the CNRS is a somewhat misleading job title. Many people assume that this is a person determining the research strategy of this huge agency, which would be highly notable. In fact, it is a job title that is roughly equivalent to associate/full professor (depending on whether the person is a first or second class "DR"). Being a research director at the CNRS, therefore, does not in and of itself mean that a person is notable (I know, I'm one myself :-). --Crusio (talk) 09:38, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
 * A collaborator at Caltech says he is "arguably the inventor of intercalated graphite for Li batteries". Fences and windows (talk) 23:53, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
 * "The Hawaii Battery Award was presented to two researchers, Prof. Jurgen Besenhard from the Technical University of Graz, Austria and Dr. Rachid Yazami from LEPMI, CNRS-INPG, Grenoble, France. These two were the first to identify the electrochemical activity of graphite in lithium ion containing electrochemical systems. Their work ultimately resulted in the use of graphite as the negative electrode of the lithium-ion battery, which has come to be so important in rechargeable battery technology." Fences and windows (talk) 00:13, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
 * And he has co-founded a battery company, CFX, which has won two awards, and which the French consulate interviewed him about:. Fences and windows (talk) 00:33, 24 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Weak delete. 105 hits on Google Scholar but not all of them research papers. 1 paper with 275 citations, others with 77, 33, 22, remainder very low. The Hawaii Battery Award may not be as prestigious as a Nobel Prize but may be considered some sort of recognition although this conference is not a major international one. However, I am made suspicious of the puffing by the subject himself in creating this article and in the Lithium-ion battery articles and by the claim that he is "arguably the inventor of intercalated graphite for Li batteries " in a Caltech report. One wonders who is doing the arguing. Xxanthippe (talk) 09:15, 27 May 2009 (UTC).


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