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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) 🌀 Locomotive207- talk 🌀 02:08, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
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Article relies entirely on primary self-published sources and sources that do not mention the subject of the article. The bulk of it reads like a CV rather than a BLP, and I do not believe the subject meets the criteria in WP:NACADEMIC. The original creator and main editor of the article was blocked as a sockpoppet of the article's subject. WMSR ( talk) 19:27, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
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- Keep In spite of some of the article's obvious shortcomings, I think it should be kept because the subject meets two criteria listed at WP:PROF. Criterion 1 ('research has had a significant impact in their scholarly discipline') is met because the subject has a high citation count on Google scholar of around 15,000 overall citations and an h-index of 66. Criterion 5 ('named chair or equivalent') is met because he is a full professor at Ghent. As has been discussed many times in AfDs like this, a full professorship in a good European university is the equivalent of a named chair in the United States. I should add that cutting unsuitable material in an otherwise notable article is always an option. Modussiccandi ( talk) 21:16, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
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- Comment - I updated all of the articles's citations to add authors, dates, translations of non-English titles, etc. to better help anyone evaluating this article. Platonk ( talk) 22:21, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
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- Keep. Appears to pass WP:NPROF #5. -- Necrothesp ( talk) 11:22, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
- Keep. I don't necessarily buy the WP:NPROF C5 argument, but agree that the citation record looks like a pass of WP:NPROF C1. Russ Woodroofe ( talk) 12:59, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
- Draftify. Seems noteworthy enough under WP:NPROF C1. However, despite some good editing by @ Platonk, there is still more wrong than right with the article as it stands, and thus would suggest to WP:DRAFTIFY to rectify. Poojean ( talk) 18:00, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
- Keep. Thee is no justification for draftification. The purpose of draftification is to raise an article to a standard that would passAfD., and since the subject does, improvements can be made just as well in mainspace. DGG ( talk ) 21:00, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) 🌀 Locomotive207- talk 🌀 02:08, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
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Article relies entirely on primary self-published sources and sources that do not mention the subject of the article. The bulk of it reads like a CV rather than a BLP, and I do not believe the subject meets the criteria in WP:NACADEMIC. The original creator and main editor of the article was blocked as a sockpoppet of the article's subject. WMSR ( talk) 19:27, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. WMSR ( talk) 19:27, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. WMSR ( talk) 19:27, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ethiopia-related deletion discussions. WMSR ( talk) 19:27, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
- Keep In spite of some of the article's obvious shortcomings, I think it should be kept because the subject meets two criteria listed at WP:PROF. Criterion 1 ('research has had a significant impact in their scholarly discipline') is met because the subject has a high citation count on Google scholar of around 15,000 overall citations and an h-index of 66. Criterion 5 ('named chair or equivalent') is met because he is a full professor at Ghent. As has been discussed many times in AfDs like this, a full professorship in a good European university is the equivalent of a named chair in the United States. I should add that cutting unsuitable material in an otherwise notable article is always an option. Modussiccandi ( talk) 21:16, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Netherlands-related deletion discussions. Modussiccandi ( talk) 21:21, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
- Comment - I updated all of the articles's citations to add authors, dates, translations of non-English titles, etc. to better help anyone evaluating this article. Platonk ( talk) 22:21, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Belgium-related deletion discussions. Platonk ( talk) 22:22, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
- Keep. Appears to pass WP:NPROF #5. -- Necrothesp ( talk) 11:22, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
- Keep. I don't necessarily buy the WP:NPROF C5 argument, but agree that the citation record looks like a pass of WP:NPROF C1. Russ Woodroofe ( talk) 12:59, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
- Draftify. Seems noteworthy enough under WP:NPROF C1. However, despite some good editing by @ Platonk, there is still more wrong than right with the article as it stands, and thus would suggest to WP:DRAFTIFY to rectify. Poojean ( talk) 18:00, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
- Keep. Thee is no justification for draftification. The purpose of draftification is to raise an article to a standard that would passAfD., and since the subject does, improvements can be made just as well in mainspace. DGG ( talk ) 21:00, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
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