Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Subhash Kak

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was keep. Joyous 01:58, Jan 30, 2005 (UTC)

Subhash Kak
Part of the extended family of Ram Nath Kak. Wikipedia is not for genealogy. See related nominations. Of the family, Suhash is the most widely published but I still think he falls a bit short of the recommended criteria for inclusion of biographies. Rossami (talk) 08:30, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)


 * Strong Keep Some of his books (The Astronomical Code of the Rgveda and others) are important books in the specific field. His works treat various topics from Science to Indology. I may agree with the deletion of the above Ram Nath Kak, but not with Subhash Kak. Subhash Kak IS important enough for an encyclopedia. --Loa 11:02, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as perhaps the closest to being notable of the Kaks... but not close enough. Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd 15:23, Jan 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Why doesn't he meet the criteria for inclusion of biographies? ** "Published authors, editors, and photographers who have written books with an audience of 5,000 or more or in periodicals with a circulation of 5,000 or more" This should be met by him (see Amazon etc). ** "Painters, sculptors, architects, engineers, and other professionals whose work is recognized as exceptional and likely to become a part of the enduring historical record of that field" This is also met by him, he was for example the inventor of the Kak neural network According to questbooks.com " His work has been showcased by the Discovery and History channels and discussed by the BBC and media around the world. He frequently lectures to the public and at universities." ** "The professor test -- If the individual is more well known and more published than an average college professor, they can and should be included" This should also be met.** "expandability - will the article ever be more than a hideous stub? Could the perfect article be written on this subject?" This should be met, it is more than a stub. ** "# Google Test - does the subject get lots of hits on Google (http://www.google.com/)?" This should be met, Google shows 53'500 hits. ** "Informative - information needs to be interesting, informative, useful and non-obvious" The article is rather informative, of course could still be made better. I have read one of his books, and am planning to read at least another one. Furthermore, though it could still be ameliorated, I found the article itself useful. --Loa 15:46, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Also, wikipedia has a Subhash Kak article in 6 different languages, including Esperanto and Sanskrit.--Loa 23:10, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)


 * Keep. He seems to pass the "average professor test". --Carnildo 19:28, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Irregardless of the rest of the family, this person is notable.  --L33tminion | (talk) 19:55, Jan 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Extensive list of published works. Obviously passes the "average professor test" by a wide margin. Alarm 20:02, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep this one. 23skidoo 21:31, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep this indeed. GRider\talk  22:44, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as per previous Ram Nath Kak comments. Megan1967 00:47, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Holds an endowed chair.  RickK 00:51, Jan 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Seems notable enough in his field. Capitalistroadster 03:18, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, it's helpful. Wyss 08:10, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep it, extremely. &mdash;RaD Man (talk) 05:44, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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