Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sonia I. Seneviratne


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The result was speedy keep. nomination withdrawn as rationale does not apply ; article improved; notability clear  DGG ( talk ) 03:41, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

Sonia I. Seneviratne

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Delete. WP:COPYVIO. As per this, violation suspected 99.3%. I had previously tagged this page for CSD which was removed by another user without removing the copyvio. Arun Kumar SINGH (Talk)  04:24, 29 October 2015 (UTC)  Arun Kumar SINGH  (Talk)  04:24, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Withdrawn by nominator. The AfD nomination was not on grounds of notability but for COPYVIO. I think Alex Bakharev explained the issue very well and hence it is best I withdraw the nomination (also as suggested by David Eppstein). Thanks everyone for your time.  Arun Kumar SINGH (Talk)  19:08, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand, pretty notable scientist. The list of publications might be taken by the original author of the article from some website, but this part is not copyright-able, as it has nothing but list of standard-formatted references to publications: information is not a subject to copyright and its representation is not novel. The small lede is certainly not copyvio (I have wrote it myself). Alex Bakharev (talk) 05:03, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I have inserted references to her list of publications from her page in ETH (the suspected copyvio) and from Thomson Reuters. They are basically the same Alex Bakharev (talk) 05:22, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep - but get rid of the comprehensive list of publications, and instead provide information about her and her career. While I agree that the list of publications should not be considered a copyvio, I don't see how it is relevant for inclusion here: it comes across as overly promotional and it belongs in her CV, not here imho. There is little doubt that she satisfies WP:ACADEMIC, based on the information in the citation for the James B. Macelwane Medal from the American Geophysical Union. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gronk Oz (talk • contribs) 08:00, 29 October 2015‎ (UTC)


 * Keep - for the same reasons as the entry above. The Thomson reference plus the list of publications seems to be enough. More personal details needed.45sixtyone (talk) 08:03, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Axolotl Nr.733 (talk) 12:45, 29 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep and possibly move to Sonia Seneviratne. I've removed the COPYVIO content and cleaned up some of the article. The award and the number of citations indicate she is an influential scientist and is notable. However there is no need to keep the middle initial, per WP:MIDDLES, as she is not referred to with the I in the press. FuriouslySerene (talk) 14:02, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep. All the reasons for deletion in the nomination rationale are related to cleanup not notability, and have now been handled. The subject clearly passes multiple WP:PROF criteria. The move suggestion can be handled separately from the AfD. Suggest nominator withdraw the nomination. —David Eppstein (talk) 16:00, 29 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Speedy Keep for reasons stated above and second dropping middle initial --JumpLike23 (talk) 19:04, 29 October 2015 (UTC)


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