Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Webb Miller


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The result was Keep non-admin closure. TonyBallioni (talk) 00:34, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Webb Miller

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This article asserts notability but doesn't really show it. Unless notability shown, delete. --Nlu (talk) 17:49, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete fails notability tests such as WP:PROF. Like most college lecturers, has written one or 2 things, but not broken out from the norm.Obina (talk) 21:38, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep Seems notable for BLAST. Seems a frequent collaborator and co-author with Eugene Myers. I added some titles to the article. I would say that he meets the barest threshold of WP:BIO. --Alfadog (talk) 16:29, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.   —David Eppstein (talk) 07:26, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. A Google scholar search shows, besides a truly ridiculous number of citations to BLAST, many other highly cited works. This is a level of academic impact well above the average professor and I think should be enough to pass WP:PROF #3 and #4. He has also received recent popular press attention (including in National Geographic and the Times of India) for some research involving mammoth DNA, and a broader search finds newspaper coverage of some of his other research as well. —David Eppstein (talk) 07:36, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep - Without having to do anything other than read the article as it stands, I note that BLAST is highly, highly notable--what percentage of biologists today use it? It's astoundingly high, I'm sure. Moreover a regular collaborator with Gene Myers is likely notable. --Lquilter (talk) 08:13, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. Even someone who's in the least prestigious spot on the list of BLAST authors is notable without any doubt. --Crusio (talk) 11:22, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
 * keep per Crusio. Pete.Hurd (talk) 06:26, 30 December 2007 (UTC)


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