Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Stevenson (geologist)

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The result was delete. JForget 01:58, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

John Stevenson (geologist)[edit]

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No notability: "postdoctoral researcher" -- see Wikipedia:Notability (academics); No notability: "given a radio interview" see -- Wikipedia:Notability_(events). Original page Dr John Stevenson already deleted, possibly in relation to procedural error from my side. Mootros (talk) 20:25, 24 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You kept restoring the PROD tag after it was removed and the admin did not notice that the prod was contested, but restored. Pooet (talk) 21:13, 24 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Agree with nom. Doesn't appear to meet the WP:PROFESSOR criteria. Shadowjams (talk) 20:52, 24 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:31, 24 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:32, 24 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
delete as per nom - UtherSRG (talk) 23:44, 24 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. He clearly does not pass WP:PROF and I don't think his role as a radio-interviewee is enough to pass WP:GNG. As for his role on the MSNBC "Ends of the Earth" show, it's not clear that "starred" is an accurate description — the only "John Stevenson" I can find searching the MSNBC web site is a different one, the movie director. The recent history of the article is convoluted (prod, deprod, reprod, questionable A7 speedy) so I think the deleting admin is doing the right thing by restoring and letting it come to a full AfD, but I don't think it should end up changing the outcome of the case. —David Eppstein (talk) 23:45, 24 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Ok, I watched the video clip linked as a source for the MSNBC piece. It's a four-minute mini-feature on Iceland, shown on the Today show. Stevenson has I think two five-second clips in it, one of which shows his name. Ten seconds of fame? I think that's not enough. —David Eppstein (talk) 05:02, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Does not come close to passing WP:PROF or WP:GNG. -DJSasso (talk) 13:13, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - up-and-coming postdoc, but badly fails WP:PROF. When he gets a tenured position or chair, he can come back here. Bearian (talk) 19:49, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment It appears that the inital page was created by a "fan". Mootros (talk) 20:14, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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