Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roy Watling


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) - NQ (talk)  09:18, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

Roy Watling

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Doesn't meet WP:PROF. EBY (talk) 01:54, 21 November 2014 (UTC)
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 * Keep - Seems to be a pretty distinguished figure in his field. MBE, past president of the Botanical Society of Scotland, Neill Medal from the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Seems to have also been president of the British Mycological Society, but I'm looking for a better source. In any case, a leader in science in Scotland. EricEnfermero  HOWDY! 07:05, 22 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep - Meets WP:NACADEMICS, criteria #1 (has described 100s of fungal species; several awards from academic societies; numerous publications in leading mycological journals), and #3 ("elected member of a highly selective and prestigious scholarly society or association"). Sasata (talk) 08:36, 22 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep: The Scotsman's frankly poor search facility gives a zero return but Highbeam returns articles from the same publication. There and elsewhere (Daily Mail, etc.) I'm finding the subject described as a "renowned mycologist", "one of the country's leading experts on mushrooms", "leading expert", etc. These plus the awards from notable bodies are sufficient for biographical notability. AllyD (talk) 11:06, 22 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep - article needs a bit of work, but seems the subject of the article is clearly meeting notability criteria set out in WP:PROF. Drchriswilliams (talk) 15:20, 22 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep as a very clear pass of WP:PROF, with a h-index of 30 by my count, plus other WP:PROF criteria. Did the nom do any WP:BEFORE check? -- 120.23.24.245 (talk) 22:33, 22 November 2014 (UTC)
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