Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Serge Ferleger


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The result was   delete. j⚛e deckertalk 07:05, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

Serge Ferleger

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Not notable. No birthdate given but seems to have spent only a few years as a postgrad, contributed to a handful of papers, then left academia. Not enough for academic notability and no indication at all of notability in his post-academic career. JohnBlackburne wordsdeeds 02:05, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Just noticed his PhD was obtained in 1999, so he was a research student for all but a year.-- JohnBlackburne wordsdeeds 02:09, 10 June 2014 (UTC)
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 * Delete. Not a single cite in GS. BLPs are for substantial career achievement, not for tyros. Xxanthippe (talk) 22:54, 10 June 2014 (UTC).
 * The article seems to be an autobiography. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.150.234.8 (talk) 08:32, 11 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Comment. As far as I can see, Google Scholar shows that the first article listed in the biography of Serge Ferleger has 49 citations . Having an invited talk at ICM and an article in Annals is some evidence of notability. The fact that he has spent only a limited amount of time in academia may suggest that he is not notable in our sense, but does not prove it. That being said, there are very little sources to draw information from. -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 14:24, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete. My reading of the article was: he was on track to become a successful academic but then took a different path. When he left academia he wasn't yet accomplished enough (and his work didn't later have enough impact) to pass WP:PROF, and his non-academic work does not seem to pass WP:GNG. —David Eppstein (talk) 17:53, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete I agree, he doesn't have coverage, and fails as an academic. --Bejnar (talk) 22:09, 17 June 2014 (UTC)
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