Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert E. Collin


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) DavidLeighEllis (talk) 00:32, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Robert E. Collin

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Unreferenced, with dubious claim of significance: I doubt that the IEEE Electromagnetics Award satisfies point two of WP:ACADEMIC. G S Palmer (talk • contribs) 00:39, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment - This article is bloody awful, I mean really bad...but, the award you mention might confer notability under point two of WP:ACADEMIC. What is even more interesting is that point 3 of the guideline mentions that the IEEE is a notable body. So, does an award from a notable body, make you notable? No idea. I will however try to clean the article up a bit. - Marcusmax  ( speak ) 01:51, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep - Fixed the article up a little, noted that Collin was a IEEE fellow. Hence notable by criteria 3 of WP:ACADEMIC; he is a Fellow of a major scholarly society for which that is a highly selective honor (e.g., the IEEE). - Marcusmax  ( speak ) 02:33, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep - In addition to life fellow membership in IEEE, was elected to the National Academy of Engineering, one of the United States National Academies. EricEnfermero  HOWDY! 03:07, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
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 * Clear Keep. As above plus stunning cites on GS. Nom is advised to carry out WP:Before before making further nominations in this area. Xxanthippe (talk) 00:42, 22 July 2014 (UTC).
 * Snow keep per WP:PROF and #C1. Incidentally, the National Academy of Engineering membership is much more significant than the IEEE Fellow, although either one is good enough for a keep. —David Eppstein (talk) 06:53, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep I must admit, I made a bad call on this one, and I appreciate all the people who weighed in. G S Palmer (talk • contribs) 14:16, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
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