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Delete. Academics are judged by by the impact their work has had on others. Although she has worked with a very influential economist, her citations on GS (Sudha R Shenoy) are too small to pass
WP:Prof#C1. I am open to change my vote on production of better evidence.
Xxanthippe (
talk)
23:37, 19 May 2017 (UTC).reply
Hello
Xxanthippe, I was actually looking at the impact she has had (broadly construed, as suggested by
WP:PROF#1), documented by reliable sources. For example,
Lawrence H. White writes that she "was one of the first to promote liberalization of Indian economic policy during the 1970s."[20] He also writes in another co-authored report, "Nevertheless, in India in the 1940s and 1950s, no one in academic circles other than Shenoy fought against statism and central planning."[21] The European Center of Austrian Economics Foundation considers her amongst the 6th generation of eminent Austrian economists, alongside Nobel laureates like
Vernon Smith.[22] Robert Leeson writes in his book that when Sudha Shenoy along with
Richard Ebeling,
Gary North,
Murray Rothbardet al "initiated an Austrian revivalist conference in 1974, one of the highlights was the baiting of Friedman [...] Subsequently, US Presidents and Presidential hopefuls embraced the Austrian School of Economics."[23] These works and many such other references point out to the impact her work has had globally. I would look forward to whether you may consider this perspective of
WP:PROF#1, which says "The person's research has had a significant impact in their scholarly discipline, broadly construed,... the absence of references in Google Scholar should not be used as proof of non-notability."Lourdes00:29, 20 May 2017 (UTC)reply
Thanks for your comment. This is an unusual case. Although she appears to have been a committed disciple of the great
Friedrich Hayek (a GS
h-index of 107 no less!) she seems to have done little on her own and has not held a substantial academic position. Maybe
WP:GNG would help?
Xxanthippe (
talk)
00:54, 20 May 2017 (UTC).reply
Thanks. With
Steven Horwitz addressing her as "truly one of the founders of the Austrian revival"[24] and
John Blundell describing her as "the original pin-up model of the Austrian school of thought in economics,"[25] I would prefer
WP:PROF as that explicitly considers the impact rather than the number of her works ("Having published does not, in itself, make an academic notable, no matter how many publications there are. Notability depends on the impact the work has had on the field of study."). Thanks.
Lourdes01:08, 20 May 2017 (UTC)reply
The difficulty is the lack of citations to independent work. Her highest cited publication A Tiger by the Tail gets only 79 citations on GS and anyway was written by
Hayek; she only compiled it. She evidently was a person much regarded in the circle of libertarian economists ("pin-up girl", a sexist remark if ever I heard one), as the several obituaries that you quote show, but Wikipedia is not a repository for obituaries
WP:NOTMEMORIAL. I can't see a pass of
WP:Prof here, but, as I suggested before, can a case be made for
WP:GNG? (late sign)
Xxanthippe (
talk)
06:26, 21 May 2017 (UTC).reply
Hello again. I'm sorry but I think you misunderstand
WP:NOTMEMORIAL. The guideline refers to not using Wikipedia as a memorial service for non-notable individuals like one's friends, relatives.... It does not prohibit the usage of obituaries written by reliable sources to prove notability of subjects. In fact, reliably sourced obits are one of the best sources on Wikipedia to understand and confirm enduring notability (e.g. in my references above Chris Matthew Sciabarra too calls her "one of the great, and gentle, voices of the Austrian economics revival." This points to the impact she has had). Notwithstanding that, I would mention that the sources I quoted of
White, Austrian Economics Foundation, Robert Leeson are not obits. In my opinion, these sources – combined with obits given by
Blundell,
Horwitz,
Sciabarra, et al (all of whom mention that she is one of the founders of Austrian school revival or that she is amongst the great Austrian economists), satisfies
WP:PROF, a guideline which attempts to assess the impact of the individual on their respective field etc.
WP:PROF also considers editorial board membership in respectable publications (to which part, I have provided a source above confirming that the subject was an editorial board member of
The Review of Austrian Economics). I realize that you may not agree with my view, but I have to thank you for the time you've taken to assess the subject. I look forward to interact with you again across Wikipedia. Cheers.
Lourdes01:31, 21 May 2017 (UTC)reply
All of the obits listed above appear to be personal blogs, and hence not reliable. Were there any obituaries published in newspapers, journals, or other reliable sources. (Not counting paid death notices in newspapers; I mean only the newspaper obituaries that the newspaper editors publish themselves.) —
David Eppstein (
talk)
04:49, 21 May 2017 (UTC)reply
^Hayek, F. A., & Shenoy, S. R. (1972). A tiger by the tail: a 40-years' running commentary on Keynesianism by Hayek (Vol. 4). Transatlantic Arts.
Delete. As discussed above, she does not appear to pass
WP:PROF but might pass
WP:GNG. However, all sources in the article and provided about her above are either unreliable blogs or (for one reference currently in the article) an interview with the subject, something that past AfDs have found not to contribute to GNG notability. So I don't see a pass at this time, but I would be willing to change my mind if better sources turn up. —
David Eppstein (
talk)
04:52, 21 May 2017 (UTC)reply
Delete This article presents her as an academic, hence, the relevant guideline is
WP:PROF , which is generally more lenient than
WP:GNG. She clearly fails to pass any of the criteria at
WP:PROF. In her field of
Economics (broadly construed, as suggested by
WP:PROF#1), or more narrowly
Development economics, the impact she has had is negligible to non-existent.
Austrian school economics is a methodology, and should not a considered her field of study.
LK (
talk)
02:20, 25 May 2017 (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.
Delete. Academics are judged by by the impact their work has had on others. Although she has worked with a very influential economist, her citations on GS (Sudha R Shenoy) are too small to pass
WP:Prof#C1. I am open to change my vote on production of better evidence.
Xxanthippe (
talk)
23:37, 19 May 2017 (UTC).reply
Hello
Xxanthippe, I was actually looking at the impact she has had (broadly construed, as suggested by
WP:PROF#1), documented by reliable sources. For example,
Lawrence H. White writes that she "was one of the first to promote liberalization of Indian economic policy during the 1970s."[20] He also writes in another co-authored report, "Nevertheless, in India in the 1940s and 1950s, no one in academic circles other than Shenoy fought against statism and central planning."[21] The European Center of Austrian Economics Foundation considers her amongst the 6th generation of eminent Austrian economists, alongside Nobel laureates like
Vernon Smith.[22] Robert Leeson writes in his book that when Sudha Shenoy along with
Richard Ebeling,
Gary North,
Murray Rothbardet al "initiated an Austrian revivalist conference in 1974, one of the highlights was the baiting of Friedman [...] Subsequently, US Presidents and Presidential hopefuls embraced the Austrian School of Economics."[23] These works and many such other references point out to the impact her work has had globally. I would look forward to whether you may consider this perspective of
WP:PROF#1, which says "The person's research has had a significant impact in their scholarly discipline, broadly construed,... the absence of references in Google Scholar should not be used as proof of non-notability."Lourdes00:29, 20 May 2017 (UTC)reply
Thanks for your comment. This is an unusual case. Although she appears to have been a committed disciple of the great
Friedrich Hayek (a GS
h-index of 107 no less!) she seems to have done little on her own and has not held a substantial academic position. Maybe
WP:GNG would help?
Xxanthippe (
talk)
00:54, 20 May 2017 (UTC).reply
Thanks. With
Steven Horwitz addressing her as "truly one of the founders of the Austrian revival"[24] and
John Blundell describing her as "the original pin-up model of the Austrian school of thought in economics,"[25] I would prefer
WP:PROF as that explicitly considers the impact rather than the number of her works ("Having published does not, in itself, make an academic notable, no matter how many publications there are. Notability depends on the impact the work has had on the field of study."). Thanks.
Lourdes01:08, 20 May 2017 (UTC)reply
The difficulty is the lack of citations to independent work. Her highest cited publication A Tiger by the Tail gets only 79 citations on GS and anyway was written by
Hayek; she only compiled it. She evidently was a person much regarded in the circle of libertarian economists ("pin-up girl", a sexist remark if ever I heard one), as the several obituaries that you quote show, but Wikipedia is not a repository for obituaries
WP:NOTMEMORIAL. I can't see a pass of
WP:Prof here, but, as I suggested before, can a case be made for
WP:GNG? (late sign)
Xxanthippe (
talk)
06:26, 21 May 2017 (UTC).reply
Hello again. I'm sorry but I think you misunderstand
WP:NOTMEMORIAL. The guideline refers to not using Wikipedia as a memorial service for non-notable individuals like one's friends, relatives.... It does not prohibit the usage of obituaries written by reliable sources to prove notability of subjects. In fact, reliably sourced obits are one of the best sources on Wikipedia to understand and confirm enduring notability (e.g. in my references above Chris Matthew Sciabarra too calls her "one of the great, and gentle, voices of the Austrian economics revival." This points to the impact she has had). Notwithstanding that, I would mention that the sources I quoted of
White, Austrian Economics Foundation, Robert Leeson are not obits. In my opinion, these sources – combined with obits given by
Blundell,
Horwitz,
Sciabarra, et al (all of whom mention that she is one of the founders of Austrian school revival or that she is amongst the great Austrian economists), satisfies
WP:PROF, a guideline which attempts to assess the impact of the individual on their respective field etc.
WP:PROF also considers editorial board membership in respectable publications (to which part, I have provided a source above confirming that the subject was an editorial board member of
The Review of Austrian Economics). I realize that you may not agree with my view, but I have to thank you for the time you've taken to assess the subject. I look forward to interact with you again across Wikipedia. Cheers.
Lourdes01:31, 21 May 2017 (UTC)reply
All of the obits listed above appear to be personal blogs, and hence not reliable. Were there any obituaries published in newspapers, journals, or other reliable sources. (Not counting paid death notices in newspapers; I mean only the newspaper obituaries that the newspaper editors publish themselves.) —
David Eppstein (
talk)
04:49, 21 May 2017 (UTC)reply
^Hayek, F. A., & Shenoy, S. R. (1972). A tiger by the tail: a 40-years' running commentary on Keynesianism by Hayek (Vol. 4). Transatlantic Arts.
Delete. As discussed above, she does not appear to pass
WP:PROF but might pass
WP:GNG. However, all sources in the article and provided about her above are either unreliable blogs or (for one reference currently in the article) an interview with the subject, something that past AfDs have found not to contribute to GNG notability. So I don't see a pass at this time, but I would be willing to change my mind if better sources turn up. —
David Eppstein (
talk)
04:52, 21 May 2017 (UTC)reply
Delete This article presents her as an academic, hence, the relevant guideline is
WP:PROF , which is generally more lenient than
WP:GNG. She clearly fails to pass any of the criteria at
WP:PROF. In her field of
Economics (broadly construed, as suggested by
WP:PROF#1), or more narrowly
Development economics, the impact she has had is negligible to non-existent.
Austrian school economics is a methodology, and should not a considered her field of study.
LK (
talk)
02:20, 25 May 2017 (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.