Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sean Nee


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The result was keep. -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:53, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

Sean Nee

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Fails notability, WP:prof not met. No secondary coverage. No independent references. There are a number (10-15) research papers to which he has contributed but this is typical for a research professor. MB (talk) 04:57, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

Sean Nee responds. I disagree with the description of me as a 'typical' research professor. My complete publication list includes far more than 10-15 research papers including at least ten in the world's top scientific journals like Nature and Science. These are all readily available on Web of Science, Google Scholar and my cv on my academia.edu page. There are some listings of my papers that are incomplete over which I have no control. Having worked closely with two of the foremost scientific minds of ecological and evolutionary biology in the 20th Century, Robert May and John Maynard Smith, I occupy a place in the history of science. However, if the decision makers of Wikipedia decide I am a complete nobody unworthy of even a few photons, who am I to argue? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vandawk8 (talk • contribs) 06:12, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Sean Nee: nobody has said that you are unworthy of an article. They have said, above, that the article in its current state does not provide evidence (in the form of citations establishing your notability) that you are worthy of an article. Maproom (talk) 06:33, 30 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Strong keep - clearly meets WP:NACADEMICS "The most typical way of satisfying Criterion 1 is to show that the academic has been an author of highly cited academic work" his google scholar record shows a total citation count of 9000, of which the most highly cited paper has 650 citations. This is a substantial piece entirely about him in the Edinburgh Evening News. I have to question whether the nominator followed the instructions at WP:BEFORE, as these sources were not difficult to find. Quasihuman (talk • contribs) 15:30, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I did find the article in the Edinburgh Evening News. It reports on his drug/alcohol addiction.  This is not in-depth coverage about his notability as a scholar.  I did not consider this as relevant; there was only passing mention of his academic career.  Sean Nee does not mention addiction, and that would not contribute to notability anyway.  This leaves WP:NACADEMICS.  I found nothing to satisfy any of Criterion 2-9.  Notability depends entirely on being the author of "highly cited academic work".  Since this is a subjective measure, I of course will accept the consensus on this.  I will also note that the subject created the article himself which is strongly discouraged (WP:AUTO) and has commented above that he is noteworthy.  I find lobbying for your own notability is a COI and an indication that you probably aren't noteworthy.  The subject also says that "he has a page" here.  This is Wikipedia, not Linked-in. MB (talk) 16:41, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 17:15, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 17:15, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:05, 30 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep. Citation record gives stunning pass of WP:Prof. Xxanthippe (talk) 21:38, 30 March 2016 (UTC).
 * Keep, Google scholar gives clear pass of WP:PROF as Xxanthippe has already noted — some 23 papers with over 100 citations each, and an h-index of 42, well above the usual bar for a keep. The recent news stories linked above give some color to the article but I think per WP:BLP that they would be better omitted; his past addictions are not what makes him notable. For the same reason perhaps it would be appropriate to courtesy blank this AfD after it is closed. —David Eppstein (talk) 00:53, 2 April 2016 (UTC)


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