Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Simon M. Kirby


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The result was  k eep. - Mailer Diablo 16:39, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Simon M. Kirby

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Not particularly notable, see also the Talk Page GhePeU 21:35, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. Definitely seems like a notable expert on the field, see this. •  Lawrence Cohen  05:39, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Again, nothing unusual:, ,  GhePeU 08:43, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Taking it further... wouldn't this indicate he is notable? • Lawrence Cohen  13:22, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Upgrading to Strong Keep per extra sourcing by Bláthnaid. • Lawrence Cohen  15:39, 11 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep There is an article about him in New Scientist . The two books of his that have been published by Oxford University Press have received multiple reviews eg, , , , , . This review of one of his books says that it "received international acclaim as an innovative contribution to the discussion on the relationship between formal and functional linguistic approaches". Bláthnaid  23:50, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. As the original author, I know my points will be given less weight, but they are thus: he has an important position, many non-trivial publications, in a not-very large field, and does interesting work. He's also received real coverage, as Blathnaid points - IIRC, I myself first heard of him (and wrote down his name to look up later, which eventually led to writing an article) when he was mentioned in a book review in the NY Times as a linguist doing important/interesting work related to evolution. --Gwern (contribs) 01:49 12 September 2007 (GMT)
 * Weak keep. There is absolutely nothing in the article as it stands to indicate to the general reader that Kirby is a notable scholar. Thanks to Blàthnaid for finding the New Scientist article. -- Rob C. alias Alarob 01:11, 15 September 2007 (UTC)


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