Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Siegfried O. Wolf

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The result was soft delete. WP:REFUND applies. -- Scott Burley (talk) 23:09, 20 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Siegfried O. Wolf[edit]

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Uncertain WP:PROF, but certainly the only editors who have created/edited substantively here are part of a sock-fest focused on apparent promotion of often-marginal academics. Amrita Jash (admins can see it) that was a comparable article by the same socks that was deleted via Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Amrita Jash. No evidence the "think tank" of which he is claimed to be director is "a highly selective and prestigious scholarly society or association" (PROF c3, same failure mentioned in that other AfD). DMacks (talk) 16:51, 6 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 17:07, 6 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Germany-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 17:07, 6 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I added his Google Scholar profile to the article for everyone's convenience. Citations look a bit light (but I don't know the area well, and he might be notable from his books). Russ Woodroofe (talk) 19:51, 6 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 14:34, 13 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete Since no one else has said anything, I'll speak up. Citation counts are low. On 3 of the 4 books listed, he was not an author but rather an editor of an article collection. All books have many co-authors and look to have limited impact. It's true that he's been used as an expert source in some news stories, mostly by regional papers but also by the NYtimes. (forgotten signature added later) Russ Woodroofe (talk) 6:20, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

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