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While I'm sure Mr. Adam is an accomplished writer, this bio doesn't appear to meet the
notability threshhold for a Wikipedia article. I see that
Wikidata has a pretty fleshed-out entry, which is probably more appropriate. Are there further claims to notability that haven't been mentioned in this article? -
Pete Forsyth (
talk) 18:52, 10 November 2020 (UTC)reply
I agree, and found nothing that met any of the notability requirements.
Mollifiednow (
talk) 19:44, 10 November 2020 (UTC)reply
I proposed deletion, and
DGG declined it, on the basis of the awards. I agree that the awards appear important. Unfortunately, nothing else in the article apart from the awards has a reference, and the awards are only mentioned in passing in the article cited. I have done a bit of searching and found nothing (though there's a mathematician of the same name who appears to have a pretty strong claim to notability himself). I think this article could be brought to
WP:AFD for a deletion discussion; or some research might yield some more sources, permitting a modest expansion; or we could just leave it. I don't really have a strong sense one way or another, IMO the parts that were furthest from Wikipedia's standards have been removed, so maybe that third option is the way to go. -
Pete Forsyth (
talk) 04:51, 18 November 2020 (UTC)reply
Thanks for the update, much appreciated! I usually stick to expanding stubs in my little corner of the Wikiverse ;-) and have only nominated one article for deletion. The article had information about 2 different people in the same biography, it took a lot of research to figure that one out. I appreciate you taking the time to taking a look.
Best-
Mollifiednow (
talk) 14:27, 18 November 2020 (UTC)reply
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While I'm sure Mr. Adam is an accomplished writer, this bio doesn't appear to meet the
notability threshhold for a Wikipedia article. I see that
Wikidata has a pretty fleshed-out entry, which is probably more appropriate. Are there further claims to notability that haven't been mentioned in this article? -
Pete Forsyth (
talk) 18:52, 10 November 2020 (UTC)reply
I agree, and found nothing that met any of the notability requirements.
Mollifiednow (
talk) 19:44, 10 November 2020 (UTC)reply
I proposed deletion, and
DGG declined it, on the basis of the awards. I agree that the awards appear important. Unfortunately, nothing else in the article apart from the awards has a reference, and the awards are only mentioned in passing in the article cited. I have done a bit of searching and found nothing (though there's a mathematician of the same name who appears to have a pretty strong claim to notability himself). I think this article could be brought to
WP:AFD for a deletion discussion; or some research might yield some more sources, permitting a modest expansion; or we could just leave it. I don't really have a strong sense one way or another, IMO the parts that were furthest from Wikipedia's standards have been removed, so maybe that third option is the way to go. -
Pete Forsyth (
talk) 04:51, 18 November 2020 (UTC)reply
Thanks for the update, much appreciated! I usually stick to expanding stubs in my little corner of the Wikiverse ;-) and have only nominated one article for deletion. The article had information about 2 different people in the same biography, it took a lot of research to figure that one out. I appreciate you taking the time to taking a look.
Best-
Mollifiednow (
talk) 14:27, 18 November 2020 (UTC)reply