Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sebastian Springer


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The result was   delete. j⚛e deckertalk 03:24, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

Sebastian Springer

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I approved this from AfC myself on the basis that it's not too spammy, and presumably Springer meets WP:PROF due to his title as distinguised professor. However, the source for this, Weekly Science, seems like a shaky source. Springers CV doesn't list him as a distinguished professor, nor does the website of his institution. Weekly Science's "articles" section meanwhile contains one single article, and that article is the only source for the title of distinguished professor. Looking at the sources, I don't think this academic meets the general notability guideline. His t index is fairly low too. All in all, I don't think we should have an article on Springer anymore. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 11:11, 18 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete, I spent quite some time looking for reliable third-party references on Springer in German or English and came up empty-handed. The "distinguished Professor" reference seems to be flat-out wrong, and I see no indication that it meets our standards of reliability. Huon (talk) 22:20, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Germany-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:31, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
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 * Comment. According to the current version of his cv on the university web site (dated April 2014 if I am interpreting the URL correctly) he is only an associate professor. I agree with Huon that the "distinguished professor" claim seems to be erroneous. So we will have to find notability elsewhere than from his title. —David Eppstein (talk) 03:36, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete. A GS h-index of 17 is not quite enough for a highly cited field. Too early. Xxanthippe (talk) 04:20, 20 May 2014 (UTC).
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