Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Annette W. Coleman

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The result was Speedy Keep. Upjav (talk) 19:43, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Annette W. Coleman

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It looks like Annette W. Coleman doesn't meet the notability requirements for academics, and is just a researcher and professor at Brown, which doesn't suffice for Wikipedia:Notability_(academics). Upjav (talk) 06:16, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Withdrawn by nominator Didn't do sufficient research into importance of Annette W. Coleman and the votes on this AfD discussion has changed my view. Upjav (talk) 19:43, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete, cannot find evidence that this academic meets WP:ACADEMIC. QVVERTYVS (hm?) 14:38, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. She is a highly cited researcher, satisfying WP:NACADEMICS #1. In addition, she holds a named professorship at Brown University, satisfying WP:NACADEMICS #5. —gdfusion (talk|contrib) 14:48, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep Although this person does occupy a named chair position, the article still needs to be beefed up. Both "references" are to the same Brown University Web page, which says almost nothing. To see a better example, Johanna Schmitt also held this position, and her article is quite a bit more informative. However, it appears that Coleman herself does not provide much information on her own background, so it may not be possible to find further information. Not every academic is interested in being notable; and it would be a shame to lose an article about a very productive female biologist. LaMona (talk) 16:54, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per gdfusion. BTW, seems to have originated at a Brown 2014 write-a-thon. Needs improvement. Jodi.a.schneider (talk) 22:20, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Ascii002Talk Contribs 04:44, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Ascii002Talk Contribs 04:46, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per WP:PROF #C1 and #C5 as above. Sadly, the quality of sourcing is actually very typical for successful ivy-league named-chair professors. For some reason our media don't write as much about them as they do about reality-show contestants and one-game-walk-on athletes. —David Eppstein (talk) 05:19, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep. Easily meets WP:PROF criterion #1 (significant impact in scholarly discipline, broadly construed) and other criteria as well, as noted above – endowed professorship at Brown. Has an h-index of 38 on GS.--Eric Yurken (talk) 15:17, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Meets WP:PROF, in particular # 1, and endowed chair at Brown.Truth or consequences-2 (talk) 11:58, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep As per gdfusion and passes WP:PROF.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 16:15, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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