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The result was keep. Star Mississippi 14:57, 13 October 2023 (UTC)
Kenneth A De Jong
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Lack of notability, subject is an academic of no real note. The page is very short and unsourced. Dylanvt ( talk) 17:00, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Academics and educators and Computing. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 17:52, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
- Keep. Google Scholar suggests this individual's citation count is sufficient for NPROF. Several first-author papers with hundreds of citations including 700+, 600+, 500+ citations, several more as second author including 2 with thousands of citations. — siro χ o 18:14, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
- Keep. This is a high-citation field but his citations are very high, especially for his 1975 dissertation (which indeed makes a clear claim for him to be a pioneer in evolutionary computation; this field didn't explode until the early 1980s). He also passes WP:PROF#C8 (founded a notable journal) and has multiple reviews for his book (not enough for WP:AUTHOR but also helpful). — David Eppstein ( talk) 18:18, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
- Keep. Clearly passes WP:NPROF#1 based on citations and #8 as illustrated by David. -- hroest 18:28, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
- Keep per David Eppstein. Espresso Addict ( talk) 02:49, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
- Keep per all that was said plus the significant awards. Snowing? -- Michael Scott Asato Cuthbert (talk) 21:41, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
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The result was keep. Star Mississippi 14:57, 13 October 2023 (UTC)
Kenneth A De Jong
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Lack of notability, subject is an academic of no real note. The page is very short and unsourced. Dylanvt ( talk) 17:00, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Academics and educators and Computing. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 17:52, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
- Keep. Google Scholar suggests this individual's citation count is sufficient for NPROF. Several first-author papers with hundreds of citations including 700+, 600+, 500+ citations, several more as second author including 2 with thousands of citations. — siro χ o 18:14, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
- Keep. This is a high-citation field but his citations are very high, especially for his 1975 dissertation (which indeed makes a clear claim for him to be a pioneer in evolutionary computation; this field didn't explode until the early 1980s). He also passes WP:PROF#C8 (founded a notable journal) and has multiple reviews for his book (not enough for WP:AUTHOR but also helpful). — David Eppstein ( talk) 18:18, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
- Keep. Clearly passes WP:NPROF#1 based on citations and #8 as illustrated by David. -- hroest 18:28, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
- Keep per David Eppstein. Espresso Addict ( talk) 02:49, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
- Keep per all that was said plus the significant awards. Snowing? -- Michael Scott Asato Cuthbert (talk) 21:41, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
- 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.