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The article, sourced mainly from Varsity, Cambridge University's student-run newspaper, presents Ahmed's involvement in the freedom of speech debate at his institution. Since coverage of only one event,
here in a better source by
The Times, does not automatically lead to notability (
WP:E1), I checked whether he met
WP:NACADEMIC. Currently, I think his academic record does not meet this guideline. He might well become notable in the future, e.g. by being elected to a named chair. For the time being, it's just his intervention in the freedom of speech debate.
Modussiccandi (
talk)
00:49, 12 December 2020 (UTC)reply
Delete per
WP:N. I see no reason to keep this article; a search of Ahmed brings up this one event and the fact that he's a member of the Cambridge faculty. He also appears to not meet
N:ACADEMIC. —
Theologus (
talk)
01:01, 12 December 2020 (UTC).reply
Weak keep per
WP:AUTHOR. I just added six reviews of three books to the article. Weak because two of them are edited volumes rather than monographs. The case for
WP:PROF#C1 is also borderline but Cambridge doesn't hire people, even as readers, without a basis. —
David Eppstein (
talk)
01:59, 12 December 2020 (UTC).reply
Keep, look at @
Xxanthippe:'s
WP:Prof#C1: "1. The person's research has made significant impact in their scholarly discipline, broadly construed, as demonstrated by independent reliable sources." Ahmed is what you might call an Applied Philosopher. He has in one stroke created an entirely new discipline. Ye ordinary armchair philosopher on this forum might disagree. And that's to be expected.
Magnovvig (
talk)
10:08, 12 December 2020 (UTC)reply
@
Magnovvig: Would you dial down the rhetoric? Last time I checked, name calling was not a good sign for solid arguments at AfD. I'm sorry your article was nominated for deletion. Seeing that we have delete and weak keep !votes, I don't think the case is as obvious as you wish it was. Let's return to the sources of which you don't seem to cite any in your comment. You claim that the subject has "in one stroke created an entirely new discipline". The way you put it he must be a figure like Kant or Wittgenstein, which would be fine by me if you just cited some professional sources backing this up. I'm sure they exist though, so do link them in this discussion. Since the only thing we have to assert his influence is your comment, let's have a look at the GS citations referred to by @
Xxanthippe:: the subject is cited 428 times. For reference, other notable Cambridge philosophers who have no claim to have "created an entire discipline": Rae Langton 4017, Huw Price 6220, Alexander Bird 5781. They are the standard he needs to demonstrably reach. Perhaps his sub-field is low on citations but you might now understand why I'm somewhat sceptical about the outsized claims you have made.
Modussiccandi (
talk)
12:02, 12 December 2020 (UTC)reply
Weak keep. I see 4 reviews of 2 authored books, and additional reviews for edited volumes. That's marginal for
WP:NAUTHOR. Support from progress towards
WP:NPROF C1 helps tip towards keep. I don't see evidence that he's created an entire discipline, but that's not required for notability.
Russ Woodroofe (
talk)
21:31, 12 December 2020 (UTC)reply
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
talk page or in a
deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
talk page or in a
deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
The article, sourced mainly from Varsity, Cambridge University's student-run newspaper, presents Ahmed's involvement in the freedom of speech debate at his institution. Since coverage of only one event,
here in a better source by
The Times, does not automatically lead to notability (
WP:E1), I checked whether he met
WP:NACADEMIC. Currently, I think his academic record does not meet this guideline. He might well become notable in the future, e.g. by being elected to a named chair. For the time being, it's just his intervention in the freedom of speech debate.
Modussiccandi (
talk)
00:49, 12 December 2020 (UTC)reply
Delete per
WP:N. I see no reason to keep this article; a search of Ahmed brings up this one event and the fact that he's a member of the Cambridge faculty. He also appears to not meet
N:ACADEMIC. —
Theologus (
talk)
01:01, 12 December 2020 (UTC).reply
Weak keep per
WP:AUTHOR. I just added six reviews of three books to the article. Weak because two of them are edited volumes rather than monographs. The case for
WP:PROF#C1 is also borderline but Cambridge doesn't hire people, even as readers, without a basis. —
David Eppstein (
talk)
01:59, 12 December 2020 (UTC).reply
Keep, look at @
Xxanthippe:'s
WP:Prof#C1: "1. The person's research has made significant impact in their scholarly discipline, broadly construed, as demonstrated by independent reliable sources." Ahmed is what you might call an Applied Philosopher. He has in one stroke created an entirely new discipline. Ye ordinary armchair philosopher on this forum might disagree. And that's to be expected.
Magnovvig (
talk)
10:08, 12 December 2020 (UTC)reply
@
Magnovvig: Would you dial down the rhetoric? Last time I checked, name calling was not a good sign for solid arguments at AfD. I'm sorry your article was nominated for deletion. Seeing that we have delete and weak keep !votes, I don't think the case is as obvious as you wish it was. Let's return to the sources of which you don't seem to cite any in your comment. You claim that the subject has "in one stroke created an entirely new discipline". The way you put it he must be a figure like Kant or Wittgenstein, which would be fine by me if you just cited some professional sources backing this up. I'm sure they exist though, so do link them in this discussion. Since the only thing we have to assert his influence is your comment, let's have a look at the GS citations referred to by @
Xxanthippe:: the subject is cited 428 times. For reference, other notable Cambridge philosophers who have no claim to have "created an entire discipline": Rae Langton 4017, Huw Price 6220, Alexander Bird 5781. They are the standard he needs to demonstrably reach. Perhaps his sub-field is low on citations but you might now understand why I'm somewhat sceptical about the outsized claims you have made.
Modussiccandi (
talk)
12:02, 12 December 2020 (UTC)reply
Weak keep. I see 4 reviews of 2 authored books, and additional reviews for edited volumes. That's marginal for
WP:NAUTHOR. Support from progress towards
WP:NPROF C1 helps tip towards keep. I don't see evidence that he's created an entire discipline, but that's not required for notability.
Russ Woodroofe (
talk)
21:31, 12 December 2020 (UTC)reply
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
talk page or in a
deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.