Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert S. Coleman


 * 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   speedy keep. speedy keep as harassment of an obviously notable living person by a SPA who apparent joined WP for the purpose.  DGG ( talk ) 21:07, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

Robert S. Coleman

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Does not meet notability guidelines Kittenz R Us (talk) 17:46, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment: he strikes me as possibly notable per WP:PROF, though no evidence is presented in the article (which reads like a resume even after I plucked some feathers). Drmies (talk) 17:49, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

This page fails to meet Wikipedia's Notability Guidelines for the following reasons, therefore I nominated the page for deletion:


 * No significant coverage - sources referenced in the article do not cover the subject in detail. All of the sources are scientific papers published by the subject
 * Sources - No secondary sources are referenced. Because all sources are published by the same author, they may be considered as a single source for the purpose of establishing notability as described in the General Notability Guidelines
 * Sources are not independent of the subject - All sources were published by the subject; independent sources are needed to presume notability.

In addition to the notability guidelines, I considered the following when deciding whether to flag for deletion. A notice on the page indicates that there are no links to or from this page on Wikipedia. As noted by UltraXactZZ in the Talk page, most of the edits were made from IP addresses belonging to Ohio State, where the subject is a faculty member. Considering this, along with the tone of the article which reads like a resume rather than a biography, it appears that this page was created by the subject for the purpose of self-promotion. Furthermore, UltraXactZZ's comment is the only post on the article's talk page, which suggests that there is little overall interest in the subject.Kittenz R Us (talk) 18:17, 28 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Comment - A couple people with expertise with the notability of academics need to take a good look at this. Quite possibly notable. Carrite (talk) 18:43, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: I canvassed Guillaume2303, a rabid inclusionist, and will leave a note for DGG, an equally rabid deletionist (or was it the other way around?). I also left a note for Peridon. Drmies (talk) 20:05, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep Clear pass of WP:PROF#1: Web of Science lists over 100 publications, cited over 3000 times, h-index = 32, 5 articles with > 100 cites. Article needs a lot of work (all the "professor"s have to go, for example, and his scientific accomplishments should be fleshed out a bit better). Hi faculty page also lists some honors, at least one of which is sufficient to establish notability (e.g., fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science). The fact that the IPs editing this page map to his university does not necessarily mean that this is an autobio: this could have been one of his students or postdocs, for example. --Guillaume2303 (talk) 20:02, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep Enough to pass. The achievements are more fully detailed in some earlier versions. Could do with something independent on the references, though. It's a lot simpler for footballers - play one game as a pro in a pro league, reference to a statistics book, and you're home and dry (or soaking wet if you played in the UK today...). Peridon (talk) 20:13, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep. He is a Fellow of the AAAS: and . I am hosting the Scopus search result on him here. The citation count is quite high, and so is the h-index. The Journal of the American Chemical Society where a large part of his major publications seems to be is a top journal (thought not among the topmost: see this link from the ISI Web of Knowledge); it is the most highly cited journal in all of chemistry though. There is secondary-source coverage of his non-routine academic titles at The Columbus Dispatch. More on the same lines at the Lantern, which looks like the OSU student newspaper. Coverage of his teaching award in 1998 at OSU. He won a distinguished faculty teaching award in 2004–2005. His Sloan research fellowship seems notable as per the University. There is somewhat-negative information at (May 23, 2005). Government and Policy, 83(21):34–35). We need to be careful with NPOV and WEIGHT there; it is significant enough to be mentioned, but he didn't face any disciplinary action, so there should be no "at fault" implication. For covering his work, one can always go to sources which cite him, see which of those summarize his work, and use them. For other stuff, searching in the OSU student and university newsletters should produce more hits. Apart from that dry stuff, there in an interesting tidbit here, but that is a primary source and probably can't be used. Churn and change (talk) 20:22, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
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