Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Guus Boone

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The result was delete. Sandstein 06:30, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Guus Boone[edit]

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Guus Boone fails all 9 notability criteria for academics WP:ACADEMIC, no academic position is mentioned, no indication of excellency in his field of study (or former field? no publications after 2002). There is also no indication that he might be notable in any other field. Smytegelt (talk) 05:43, 20 August 2011 (UTC).[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 07:29, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Netherlands-related deletion discussions. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 07:29, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. The Dutch-language Wikipedia deleted an article with the same title in 2009 with the comment "we doen hier niet aan privacyschending" (we do not breach privacy). I found a few citations of his work on Google Scholar, but nothing about him on Google News or Google News archive. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 07:29, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: Guus Boone has written several history articles and some books, mainly on the subject of Dutch Calvinist missionary activities in the Dutch East Indies. For that reason he is mentioned in the Digital Bibliography of Dutch History. In his field of expertise he obtained a PhD. Wikix (talk) 08:48, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. There is something wrong with the way this AfD nomination is formatted. The article is tagged with a WP:PROD tag rather than with a WP:AFD tag. Looks like the nominator did not follow the instructions at WP:AFD correctly... Nsk92 (talk) 14:09, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- I've fixed it now. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 17:19, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - My apologies for the problem with the template, but I am new here, and wasn't able to find the correct template. Thanks for fixing it! Smytegelt (talk) 20:07, 20 August 2011 (UTC).[reply]
Delete. Not every published author or scholar with a PhD is notable. I see nothing in Boone's article to suggest he's notable, and I don't see substantial coverage in secondary sources. —C.Fred (talk) 20:01, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment on Wikix: The Digital Bibliography of Dutch History aims to list all scientific publications on Dutch history. Therefore, inclusion in this Bibliography is no indication of notability as an academic. A PhD is no indication of notability as an academic either, at most it is an indication that someone is possibly an academic. Smytegelt (talk) 20:07, 20 August 2011 (UTC).[reply]
Delete no indication he meets WP:PROF or WP:GNG. FuFoFuEd (talk) 22:48, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. It seems clear from the evidence (few publications, no academic position, few or no citations) that he does not pass WP:PROF, and there is nothing else. —David Eppstein (talk) 23:16, 21 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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