Not very notable, did some doctoral work that got a little press attention, but nothing meriting a bio here. --
fvw* 18:15, 2005 Jan 6 (UTC)
KeepI just moved this page to where it is, as it was sharing a page with David Hanson (MP)'s biog which I thought deserved its own page. I had to create a disambiguation David Hanson page for it, but didn't really know if it was relevant. Having altered links to the page, I saw that there are a few pages that link to it, chronicling some detailed research, so it is relevant in some respect.
81.153.212.124 18:41, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Keep - Developing one of the world's most advanced robot heads is fairly notable in my opinion, and his work has been covered internationally (there's a BBC article about it). -
Starblind 19:45, Jan 6, 2005 (UTC)
It should be noted that the bbc tech/sci news department do a lot of these fluff pieces, many of them about interesting or fun but (in my opinion) non-notable subjects. And the "most advanced robot head" claim from the article is nonsense ofcourse, this is merely (one of) the most realistic imitations of a human head. --
fvw* 19:51, 2005 Jan 6 (UTC)
And or course that always comes down to the individual's opinion of what notability, uh, denotes. And I don't intend to say that mine is correct or yours is incorrect. But it remains that Hanson is a pioneer in a very small field of research, whose work has attracted acclaim and attention on a global scale, which by itself puts him well above probably a good half of single-person Wikipedia articles.
Starblind 20:10, Jan 6, 2005 (UTC)
Keep. He's in USA Today and the BBC and he's a leader in his field. This passes my notability test by a comfortable margin. --
Tony Sidaway|
Talk 20:49, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Keep. As others said.
Paranoid 20:57, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Not very notable, did some doctoral work that got a little press attention, but nothing meriting a bio here. --
fvw* 18:15, 2005 Jan 6 (UTC)
KeepI just moved this page to where it is, as it was sharing a page with David Hanson (MP)'s biog which I thought deserved its own page. I had to create a disambiguation David Hanson page for it, but didn't really know if it was relevant. Having altered links to the page, I saw that there are a few pages that link to it, chronicling some detailed research, so it is relevant in some respect.
81.153.212.124 18:41, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Keep - Developing one of the world's most advanced robot heads is fairly notable in my opinion, and his work has been covered internationally (there's a BBC article about it). -
Starblind 19:45, Jan 6, 2005 (UTC)
It should be noted that the bbc tech/sci news department do a lot of these fluff pieces, many of them about interesting or fun but (in my opinion) non-notable subjects. And the "most advanced robot head" claim from the article is nonsense ofcourse, this is merely (one of) the most realistic imitations of a human head. --
fvw* 19:51, 2005 Jan 6 (UTC)
And or course that always comes down to the individual's opinion of what notability, uh, denotes. And I don't intend to say that mine is correct or yours is incorrect. But it remains that Hanson is a pioneer in a very small field of research, whose work has attracted acclaim and attention on a global scale, which by itself puts him well above probably a good half of single-person Wikipedia articles.
Starblind 20:10, Jan 6, 2005 (UTC)
Keep. He's in USA Today and the BBC and he's a leader in his field. This passes my notability test by a comfortable margin. --
Tony Sidaway|
Talk 20:49, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Keep. As others said.
Paranoid 20:57, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)