Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Randall Anthony Jonas


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The result was   delete. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:28, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

Randall Anthony Jonas

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A text book writer and painter. He wrote three text books and one research article as a Masters student. Presumably, it is his thesis. Unable to find any reliable, independent references about him. Only mentions on social media. Name is common. Prod was removed for unknown reasons Bgwhite (talk) 16:33, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
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 * Delete - comes across as a resumé and/or an advertisement. The subject also lacks notability. DJAMP4444 (talk) 19:27, 4 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete. No evidence of being notable. Xxanthippe (talk) 10:11, 5 June 2014 (UTC).
 * Thank-you for the comments and feedback. I have revised the page to the best of my ability. The following information is notable regrading the issue of deletion:
 * The research article is not an MA thesis. And so this presumption is false. The research is notable as it speaks about the democratization of knowledge in developing nations and the technological divide and free access to scholarship via the Internet.
 * The source is notable and referenced in a refereed journal on the page. The research was co authored with John Willinsky and that is now mentioned in reference to Wikepedia links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Willinsky
 * The independent references are also on the page, for example, The Swedish and German libraries, the actual publishers, the journal itself and more. Please see the references.
 * Regarding the quantity published, I do not see this as an issue. An author is an author. If there is a prequisite for quantity, I do not see one in my research regarding standards for entries.
 * If the page comes across as an advertisement or resume, that is my fault. This is the first time I have ever written up anything on Wikepedia and my inexperience is showing here.
 * I used an accepted page that has been online for many years. It is similar in content to mine. This individuals biography has even less sources and it is an accepted page and format. As such I used it as an example of what is OK - The page is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Mavreas
 * I hope that the new references added in respect to the feedback given are now clear. Libraries, universities and publishers are the makeup of most of them.
 * Regarding the format and content, I used https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Mavreas as a guide and it is accpeted.
 * Thanks for the feedback.  Roguewitch (talk) 15:22, 6 June 2014 (UTC) — Roguewitch (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.


 * Please note that the referenced research is open access and does not in anyway breach copyright. As such it is a notable reference and usable here. Roguewitch (talk) 23:15, 6 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment. Inappropriate conduct by Roguewitch by changing the name of the article in the middle of an AfD debate. A search on GS for "Randall Anthony Jonas" gives zero cites. Xxanthippe (talk) 00:13, 7 June 2014 (UTC).
 * Actually, Roguewitch appears to have changed the heading at the top of this discussion rather than doing anything directly to the article. I have undone this change, as it broke the link from here to the article under discussion. —David Eppstein (talk) 22:35, 7 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the explanation. Xxanthippe (talk) 22:36, 7 June 2014 (UTC).


 * Delete. His co-authored "Access to research in Cameroonian universities" has only 15 citations in Google scholar. That's well under the bar for WP:PROF and there seems to be nothing else. —David Eppstein (talk) 22:37, 7 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the feedback. I tried to change the name to "Randall Jonas" as this is the name on all the published works. It is probably better to be named "Randall Jonas" I am new to Wikipedia and I do not know how to do this.
 * The textbooks are referenced at The National Library of Sweden. The books are in at least 15 libraries in this country.
 * Google books references the Cameroonian research here
 * I have the library reference for the books and I do not know how to reference them properly, any feedback or help is appreciated, the reference is here:
 * Roguewitch (talk) 00:48, 9 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete - I'm sorry, but Wikipedia requires significant coverage of a person in reliable secondary sources. I don't see that here. Lots and lots of professors write or edit books, but not all get an article. Bearian (talk) 23:09, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
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