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Contents 1 Academics and educators 1.1 Brett Leighton 1.2 Kiril Chukanov 1.3 Samuel Ball (educator) 1.4 Naomi Scheman 1.5 Roy Batchelor 2 Actors and actresses 3 Athletes 4 Authors 5 Automatic delete candidates 6 Deletion debates 6.1 WaferTech 7 Lists of people 8 People 9 Politicians 9.1 James McGee

[edit] Academics and educators

[edit] Brett Leighton

Brett Leighton (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View AfD)

Notability not established. Also, the talk page assertion that the subject won the "Paul Hoffheimer prize in Innsbruck" does not appear to be easily verifiable: [1] & [2] &[3] & [4]. Other ghits: [5] & [6] NMChico24 00:18, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

• Delete. Claim to notability is unverified. Abeg92contribs 02:34, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - Not sourced at all. Tohru Honda13 04:13, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - The article doesn't specify how this person is notable--$UIT 05:19, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - I see no sources or specifications of being notable.--Joebengo 06:05, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
• Strong Keep A quick Google of the name Brett Leighton shows numerous links to a wide variety of sites which confirm notability. He is a classical musician and an academic, thus he does not have the kind of bombastic site and fan club that some musicians have. The article is desperate for a cleanup and needs additional references cited. I have added three and there are more. Someone who can speak German is probably needed for some of the key sites As of April 8, 2007. I urge my fellow editors not to pull the trigger too fast on this one. JBEvans 11:08, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
• Weak keep. I think he passes WP:PROF although maybe not WP:MUSIC. The full professorship (could someone who knows german check this here?) plus the work on the world's oldest organ and his role as top judge in major organ competitions passes the bar for me. Music profs are hard to judge as they don't typically write for journals indexed by google scholar, and their performance/composition work stays below the radar of the major media. Rookwood^{Dept. of Mysteries} 14:51, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
• Weak Keep Needs a major clean-up. Ganfon 15:53, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
• Keep- strong notability, references included. Meets WP:BIO. Retiono Virginian 16:23, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletions. -- Pete.Hurd 19:46, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kiril Chukanov

Kiril Chukanov (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View AfD)

Self-sourced article on someone whose claims have not been published in any reputable journal. Guy (Help!) 13:04, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

• Weak Delete - external links are to self-published sources, and the article admits he hasn't published his research in peer-reviewed journals. No evidence of multiple non-trivial coverage in independent sources to establish notability per WP:PROF. Delete unless properly sourced by the end of this AfD. Walton ^{Vivat Regina!} 16:04, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete As nobody besides himself has noticed his work, he is not notable. All refs. from his own site. DGG 16:19, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletions. -- Pete.Hurd 23:06, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

• Delete. "has not published"? "undisclosed location"? This article goes beyond the usual failure to assert notability and instead asserts non-notability. —David Eppstein 23:13, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Samuel Ball (educator)

Samuel Ball (educator) (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View AfD)

No proof of notability according to WP:PROFTEST. Created by the subjects family member WP:COI, as part of a vanity user page. Diletante 19:30, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. Accomplishment is not notability. --Dhartung | Talk 22:01, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

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• Delete given lack of reliable sources. If there was verifiable evidence of his involvement with Sesame Street or Sale of the Century, I would be inclined to keep. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Capitalistroadster (talk • contribs) 02:04, 8 April 2007 (UTC).
• keep A clearly notable educator. If it was written by a member of the family, he did a completely objective job of it. COI raises the question of possible exaggeration, but does not prove it. The accomplishments speak for themselvesDGG 06:11, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
• Strong Keep on proviso article is wikified to also include better citations and sources and brought into line with the biography project, which would give increased providence to the notability of the person. thewinchester 16:50, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
• Keep, seems just notable enough, and doesn't appear to have any serious POV issues, so WP:COI becomes a non-issue. Lankiveil 00:12, 9 April 2007 (UTC).
• Keep. Not written in the manner of a vanity page.--ZayZayEM 02:02, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
• I would prefer it kept, but improved by someone else. I'm happy to not involve myself further, recognising my initial mistake in the creation. The external links are to bodies that have records of his employment. I have not been exhaustive. He is retired now, and not likely to ever add to the achievements. DDB 02:22, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Naomi Scheman

Naomi Scheman (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View AfD)

complete nomination by anon SYSS Mouse 03:00, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletions. -- Pete.Hurd 05:26, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
• Very weak delete - currently nothing to show she passes WP:PROFTEST, but she may well do so. The comment on the talk page "I am trying to create this page for a group project in one of Naomi's philosophy classes" doesn't bode well, though. - iridescenti (talk to me!) 09:54, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - promotional article, no assertion of encyclopedic notability made, no indication she passes either WP:N or the relevant subject-specific guidelines. Moreschi ^{Request a recording?} 11:11, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. Her achievements appear to be those of an average competent college professor, and I don't think she's notable enough to require an article. -FisherQueen (Talk) 20:26, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
• Weak Delete Not completely obscure, but I'm not convinced she meets WP:PROF yet; maybe in a decade or so. Brianyoumans 20:45, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
• Keep Notable enough for me and of interest to many people. Xanucia 22:26, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. The bio (apparently done by an enthusiastic student) ommited a few details. She has served as Associate Dean of the Graduate School at Minnesota, and she's also been chair of the women's Studies Department. She is a full professor at Minnesota, and Minnesota is a major research university. She is a member of the Austrian Studies Program--presumably as a Wittgenstein specialist. She's edited a book, and published a chapter in another, that they forgot to list, She's held a few important university positions there , including member of the Center for Bioethics,.... . In general full professors at major universities are notable, for they will have done much more than the "average professor" The average professor in the humanities publishes one book or maybe a few articles. To become a tenured professor at Minnesota, she certainly needed to have written a good deal beyond that. She has published one book, edited another ,and written considerable parts of four. She has passed several external reviews by experts for their notability in the profession for appointment and promotion. We don't establish notability in WP, we see if the profession has established notability. More if I find some. DGG 01:18, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete This sentence from the article sums it up for me (emphasis mine):She is best known on the University of Minnesota campus for her "Sexuality and Self-Image" course in the women's studies department. She is also well known among University of Minnesota students for her introductory logic class. She also gives an introductory course in scientific ethics at the Physics Department there. Off campus she's pretty much unknown. Anynobody 07:47, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. Bellczar 23:47, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete The article is poorly sourced and gives little evidence of notability. Furthermore, there are massive conflict of interest issues and much of the page appears to be copied from her bio from the Women Studies department.[7] I believe that many, perhaps even most, full professors at the University of Minnesota are notable, so I would not oppose a recreation of this article from scratch if a user not connected to her can make a well-sourced case for her notability.--FreeKresge 04:39, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment. I used some information from official web pages. The subject's presentation of objective data on official web pages about professional details is generally acceptable. The difficulty writing this article, in fact, was that the pages were not sufficiently informative. I have no personal connection with the subject, have never heard of her before seeing this article, have no particular interest in her academic field, have no connection with the University of Minnesota. Indeed, I discuss the dfficulty posed by he naive writing by her apparent students. That's why I rewrote the article. The information about her research and writing and service is what proves her notability. ' DGG 06:05, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

• Comment Sources establishing notability must be independent of the subject of the article. After all, many people pad their resumes to make their accomplishments look more important than they really are. The number of publications is not impressive if it represents the sum total of her published scholarship. There is no evidence in the article that any of the publications has been particularly influential.--FreeKresge 18:22, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Roy Batchelor

Roy Batchelor (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View AfD)

Non-notable professor with some consultancy work on the side. Pleclech 12:00, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

• Delete - NN, autobiographical, advert, no sources, not even a full biography. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 13:30, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletions. -- Pete.Hurd 14:45, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached
 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Quarl ^(talk) 08:16, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

• Keep. Named chair at the 2nd-best business-school in the UK, strong research record, stronger record of industry and government panel involvement. Seems a clear pass for WP:PROF to me. I wikified the article but didn't change the content much; there's a lot more that could be added from his web page. —David Eppstein 16:52, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

(Added later): I ran a Google news archive search and included some results. Now has multiple independent sources per WP:N. —David Eppstein 19:22, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

• Weak Keep. Needs a lot more information and sources to support claim of notibility.--Joebengo 18:41, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. The current version of the article seems acceptable. --Eastmain 04:05, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

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