Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wijnand van der Sanden


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The result was KEEP. Slashme (talk) 08:33, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Wijnand van der Sanden

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Doesn't seem to satisfy Notability_(academics) Slashme (talk) 15:12, 4 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Comment Wijnand van der Sanden is actually THE authority for bog archaeology and bog body archaeology for the Netherlands and Germany. He is state archaeologist for the Province Drenthe. In my opinion he is much more relevant than many other persons or comic, manga or game characters having own articles. --Bullenwächter (talk) 18:37, 4 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Agree with keeping van der Sanden. I am a Dutch archaeologist and honestly, he is probably one of the 50 best known archaeologists here, and one of the 50 most influential. The country only has 11 provinces, and he is heading one of them, from an archaeological point. EXARC (talk) 18:44, 4 November 2012 (UTC)


 *  Comment Keep This does look like an obvious Keep. With no knowledge of Dutch archaeology at all, I see he's named as an authority in Bodies in the Bog (Karin Sanders). So does NOVA: Bog Bodies of the Iron Age. Most other sources are in Dutch but they certainly look like serious stuff. Chiswick Chap (talk) 21:50, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
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 * Keep Probably doesn't qualify under WP:ACADEMIC because he was never employed in academia, that I can tell. However probably under WP:AUTHOR #1: "The person is regarded as an important figure". Very difficult due to language barrier but I am trusting Bullenwächter's comment which seems authoritative about his expert status, confirmed by the NOVA episode which drew on his work for that film. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Archaeology section of Nieuwe Drentse Volksalmanak which appears to be the primary encyclopedia of the Provence of Drentse (encyclopedia only has 12 sections, suggesting how important archaeology is in that part of the world with 1/12th dedicated to it). Also state archaeologist for the Province Drenthe. -- Green Cardamom (talk) 08:28, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
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 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — ΛΧΣ  21™  21:57, 11 November 2012 (UTC)




 * Keep - understand where the nomination came from. I would, though, be inclined to think that the subject might pass WP:ACADEMIC #7, having made a "substantial impact outside academia in their academic capacity". He is obviously an important person to a particular group in a particular field. Perhaps not as widely recognised as, say, Stephen Hawking, but well-known nonetheless. We would probably need for that recognition to be substantiated in some way with a reference or two. There are a number of mentions in various related books that might help. Stalwart 111  04:19, 12 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Ah yes, there are even more book sources there. Support ACADEMIC #7. Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:50, 12 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep (as nominator) - I'm now convinced. Might as well close this one. --Slashme (talk) 08:24, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
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