Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Walt de Heer


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   speedy keep. Nominator seems to have !voted keep, no other arguments for deletion.. Fences &amp;  Windows  03:24, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Walt de Heer

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This page looks great in design ... but I am not sure that it satisfies the notability criteria. In addition to being mentioned in a couple of newspapers and websites, only 2 of the prizes look good to me. Then I searched further. First, I found ~100 Scientists listed in Scientific American 50 in 2006. Not many of them have wikipages (I checked a dozen or two only), and among those who have, this Sci Am 50 is not even mentioned. "The Nanoscience prize" sounds great but this is not the Kavli Nanoscience Prize but an award given by an organizing committee of some conference! Basically, the best in a dancing competition during a summer camp. I do not mind to have extra pages on Wiki but I know many more professors who have got real prizes and distinctions but no wiki pages.

I am not sure but it is strange to see a rather average professor (for his age and his School/University) being listed on Wiki. Sicfriend (talk) 02:47, 3 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep. An h-index of 50 is hardly trivial and more than establishes notability in itself. --Googolit (talk) 04:16, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.  —David Eppstein (talk) 06:55, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Obvious keep. In addition to the h-index data mentioned by Googolit he has three papers with over 1000 citations each in Google scholar, one of them solo-authored. He clearly passes WP:PROF #1, and also #5 due to his Regents' Professorship. —David Eppstein (talk) 06:59, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Obvious keep. I agree with Googolit and David Eppstein. I just wish to add that who the "The Nanosize prize" is given to is not chosen among the participants of a conference. Awarded researchers are chosen among the research community and invited about half a year before the conference in order to receive the award by the "Atomically Controlled Surfaces, Interfaces and Nanostructures" organizing committee. Also, Sicfriend argument about other researchers and professors awarded with the same prize not having a Wikipedia entry would only be meaningful in order to establish the notability of this article, if all other professors not having an entry are actually not notable. The fact that other professors who deserve Wikipedia entries do not have them is not a criteria of notability for article deletion. --Slaute (talk) 08:52, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Obvious keep Strange nomination, it is unusual to see a new user master the intricacies of AfD so fast. In any case, this case is so obvious, that I think it is snowing heavily. --Crusio (talk) 11:03, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * For an explanation of this pointy nom, see the edit history of Andre Geim. --Crusio (talk) 11:15, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't get it, I'm afraid. Xxanthippe (talk) 06:33, 4 January 2010 (UTC).
 * repeatedly vandalized the Geim page claiming that it was incorrect in attributing the discovery of graphene to Geim. The nominator has the appearance of someone in the Geim camp deciding to take revenge. Despite WP:AGF I think we should seriously consider the possibility that Gasupporter and the nominator are two sockpuppets of the same troll, trying to stir up trouble — why would someone who actually works in the labs of either of these highly successful scientists stoop to such juvenile tactics? —David Eppstein (talk) 08:12, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I note that there is a contentious discussion of priority on the graphene talk page. In view of the anonymity afforded by Wikipedia one cannot rule out such Machiavellian tactics as attacking one's own side and hoping that the opposition will cop the blame. Who knows what is going on! Xxanthippe (talk) 09:02, 4 January 2010 (UTC).


 * Speedy Keep, stick fork in it, etc. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 16:59, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. Per Googolit. Easily meets WP:PROF criterion #1 (significant impact in scholarly discipline, broadly construed), and probably other related criteria as well.--Eric Yurken (talk) 21:09, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep for reasons clearly expressed above. Xxanthippe (talk) 21:59, 3 January 2010 (UTC).
 * Keep although I despise pages written by close associates or maybe even by people themselves. Some references (see, e.g., [7]) are very specific and cannot be found if you are not working for this group. Oh, well. These days every professor wants his/her home page on Wikipedia. Importantly, please do not forget to donate to Wikipedia! KlausMn (talk) 23:04, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Google walt de heer > 2nd result > left side. You seem to have  deep loyalties of your own ... --Googolit (talk) 06:32, 4 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep as per WP:PROF I can NOT believe that this was Walt de Heer himself craetingg the page (not so low) but obviously he encouraged one of his lieutenants (probably the guy who runs the graphene news blog in Georgia). No signature. Have to keep friendly relations. Sorry.Sicfriend (talk) 02:50, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * ... and I will exercise the same privilege. --Googolit (talk) 06:32, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * As someone who stands to what he writes and edits under his own name, I hope it is not necessary to detail what I think of the above two comments. --Crusio (talk) 09:22, 4 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Please closeGiven that the original nominator has now voted "keep" and that there has not a single !vote for deletion, I hope that someone will speedily close this improper nomination so that we can stop wasting out time. --Crusio (talk) 09:23, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * You can non-admin close for those reasons. MMetro (talk) 22:35, 4 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Speedy keep, looks like a bad-faith nom. Nsk92 (talk) 02:55, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
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