Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thomas Rockwell Mackie


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The result was Keep -- JForget  23:44, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Thomas Rockwell Mackie

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No real claims of notability, no sources, has been sitting with a request for cleanup for over a year. Corvus cornix talk  21:43, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.   —Eastmain (talk) 23:14, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions.   —Eastmain (talk) 23:14, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. From the article: "He is a primary inventor and algorithm designer of the helical tomotherapy concept. He has over 150 peer-reviewed publications, over 15 patents, and has been the supervisor for dozens of Ph.D. students." I added several references. I think the article now demonstrates notability. --Eastmain (talk) 23:14, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep Having not been improved is not a reason to nominate for deletion, nor is unsourced a reason for deletion at all when sources can be found. DGG (talk) 00:52, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Did you read my deletion nomination at all? It's the lack of claims of notability that caused me to nominate it.   Corvus cornix  talk  01:48, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I think that the points from the article that I quoted above are in fact claims of notability. --Eastmain (talk) 03:17, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Searching the Web of Science database on "mackie tr" shows 113 refereed journal articles (148 total hits, including meeting abstracts, etc.) on the subjects of radiology, nuclear medicine, biomedical engineering, etc. Though I did not check each individual entry, most all are traced to UW (where Mackie is on staff), which means these all likely are attributable to him (rather than someone else with a similar name). This person seems to be a well-established and notable leader in their field.Agricola44 (talk) 16:56, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep per DGG and Agricola44. --Crusio (talk) 17:50, 3 August 2008 (UTC)


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