Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James M. Russell

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The result was keep. Vanamonde (Talk) 05:01, 31 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

James M. Russell[edit]

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Article subject does not meet WP:ACADEMIC any criterion for notability. -- Missionedit (talk • contribs) 04:40, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 04:44, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as I believe that attending all those universities makes him notable. Know 1 Can C Me (talk) 04:46, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I don't think that aligns with any of the wikipedia policies...? -Kj cheetham (talk) 15:17, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep (but discount the previous inane opinion). Despite having a named professorship, I'm a little skeptical of his pass of WP:PROF#C5, because "professor of teaching excellence" sounds more like a title given to someone doing an unwanted but important teaching task than for scholarly excellence, and because his cv shows he was given it at the same time as promotion to full professor while #C5 is really looking for something that's a step above full. However, doing a Google Scholar search of his name and looking only at the earth science publications among the results (because he has a common name and there is at least one other well-cited James M. Russell) shows a pass of #C1. —David Eppstein (talk) 05:16, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I was assuming https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ziNY0WIAAAAJ would be his own profile (with verified email at Brown), and hence include the majority of this work. -Kj cheetham (talk) 15:20, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, that looks accurate. I just searched for publications by name and somehow didn't see the profile page. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:33, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Here's an item about what the "Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence" is. XOR'easter (talk) 22:28, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep Citation count seems to pass requirements for WP:NPROF. -Kj cheetham (talk) 15:20, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:PROF based on the citation rates. TJMSmith (talk) 19:10, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: Teaching excellence award as a full-professor and citation counts. Earthianyogi (talk) 10:48, 25 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep because of his citations meeting our policy. I note that where he graduated from almost doesn't matter at all; I received a doctorate from a prestigious private university, but that does not make me notable because of it. It had to stop myself from using Latin in my argument. Bearian (talk) 21:23, 30 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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