Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Spencer Wharton Brown


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The result was keep. T. Canens (talk) 13:33, 9 May 2019 (UTC)

Spencer Wharton Brown

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No evidence of notability as far as I can tell. Slatersteven (talk) 12:35, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
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 * Keep h-index of 25 according to Google Scholar meets WP:PROF, and Guggenheim Fellowship  meets PROF C3 as well. IntoThinAir (talk) 17:08, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep. Citation record (7 pubs with over 100 cites in Google Scholar) is enough for WP:PROF and the "in memoriam" piece provides enough detail on his life to fill out a short article. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:19, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
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 * Delete The Guggenheim Fellowship is a monetary award that was awarded to over 300 people in 1956, and is not a "Fellow of a major scholarly society for which that is a highly selective honor" so PROF C3 is not met. NPROF also explicitly says "Citation measures such as the h-index, g-index, etc., are of limited usefulness in evaluating whether Criterion 1 is satisfied. They should be approached with caution because their validity is not, at present, completely accepted, and they may depend substantially on the citation database used. They are also discipline-dependent; some disciplines have higher average citation rates than others." The obituary is written by his friends and does not meet the GNG criterion that RSes be independent; existence of detail is not notability. Reywas92Talk 05:15, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:PROF as David Eppstein and IntoThinAir explain above. Additionally, his murder was covered in newspapers accessible on Newspapers.com. There is a lot of biographic info that can be added to this article. Thsmi002 (talk) 12:50, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep per multiple WP:INDEPENDENT sources that exist that recognize him as a president of the IGF, which satisfies WP:NACADEMIC#C6. Some sources even use the phrase "internationally renowned" which goes to #C1 - a far better indication of notability than arbitrary citation h-index. -- Netoholic @ 17:35, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep, as per Netohlic comment on presidency of IGF. Contrary to comment that Guggenheim Fellowship is merely a monetary award, it is highly competitive and prestigious. ch (talk) 18:30, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep, Sorry I am just joining the discussion now, I was away for a few days. I am sorry when I put the article up I did not thoroughly research this man, but it seemed obvious to me he was an important scientist in his field, and the fact that he was murdered seemed to add to the interest people might have about him, but I just didnt have time when I put the article up to do the needed research. I will try and add some information and hope that helps keep the article on Wikipedia. Thanks. Melissastevens (talk) 06:17, 5 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep for now per above. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abhi88iisc (talk • contribs) 13:24, May 6, 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep notable academic, notable crime.A.Jacobin (talk) 14:35, 7 May 2019 (UTC)


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