Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Durrant

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The result was Delete. Lord Roem ~ (talk) 03:01, 20 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

John Durrant

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Unreferenced BLP. Rui Gabriel Correia prodded it but failed to notify Piotrus, the creator, and he had it restored. I tried to BLP PROD it, at which point Rui Gabriel Correia left a note on my talk page saying "Technicallly, the page could be deleted already as I proposed deletion earlier this month and it was left uncontested for longer than 7 days. Then the banner was taken down. Does that mean the new nomination must stay in place for 7 days again?" and I left a note on Ronhjones' talk page; upon submitting, I found that Piotrus had left him a note and he had restored it. Laun chba ller 12:59, 12 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

For the record, I had no intention on violating any requirement or not observing it by failing to notify the creator. It was a lapse and I have apologised to the creator for it. Regards, Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 14:45, 12 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

All's good, thanks for explaining. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 09:02, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Lack of available sources suggests that he is not notability. There is no evidence that the subject meets WP:NACADEMICS.- Mr X 13:15, 12 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Not notable. Countless academics review articles for publications and serve on professional bodies; it is par for the course. Edit history reveals almost non-existing interest in subject. Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 14:45, 12 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:22, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep GS h-index of 20 in the field of audiology (there seems to be more than one "J D Durrant") passes WP:Prof#C1. Xxanthippe (talk) 01:40, 13 June 2014 (UTC).[reply]
- I'm curious about how you arrived at that h-index number. Also, his last name is Durrant, not Durant (I assume that was a typo).- Mr X 01:49, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, a typo. There is material about citation counting at h-index and WP:Prof. I do the counting on my fingers. Xxanthippe (talk) 02:25, 13 June 2014 (UTC).[reply]

Delete due to apparent failure to meet WP:PROFESSOR/WP:ACADEMIC, in addition to lack of sources which might enable meeting WP:GNG. This is despite my very great concern at the incoherent and irrelevant arguments advanced by some of the other people !voting delete - which I would like to be noted by the closing admin. Only arguments based on policy and guidelines should be taken into account when closing an AfD. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 01:43, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete : I am sure that there are millions of professors who are not notable enough, including this one. OccultZone (Talk • Contributions • Log) 03:26, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

How did you arrive at the figure of millions? Xxanthippe (talk) 05:57, 13 June 2014 (UTC).[reply]

Can be confirmed from yellowpages. OccultZone (Talk • Contributions • Log) 10:32, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Abstain as the creator, but I'll ping User:Randykitty - a penny for your thoughts? Cheers, --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 09:02, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. How WP:GNG doesn't fail? This article should be deleted $AHLM13$ talk 11:43, 18 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Weak delete He has a weak claim of notability under WP:PROFESSOR; his articles received a moderate number of citations (two got over 100) and he seems to have been a bit of an authority on vestibular dysfunction. But he never rose above the titles of "professor" and vice-chair of a department, and now (according to his faculty page at Pitt) he is emeritus. All in all I think he fails WP:PROF and is a run-of-the-mill academic. --MelanieN (talk) 14:48, 18 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

BTW the page is not eligible for BLP prod since it contains a link to his faculty page at Pitt. It isn't cited as a reference but I believe it still counts. "To place a BLPPROD tag, the process requires that the article contain no sources in any form (as references, external links, etc.), which support any statements made about the person in the biography." --MelanieN (talk) 14:53, 18 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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