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Please note this article is in progress. Please hang on for a while, as it is being expanded. Rome was not built in a day. SuperGirl 10:50, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
Do we really need his Erdos number and scientific genealogy? This page should be about what makes him notable, not trivia about him. Also I propose deleting the "notable students" - they don't look very notable to me. Rocksong 02:28, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
year of birth is illogical comparing to the other years mentioned —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.66.153.167 (talk) 10:49, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
Abbott is mentioned in detail in Taman Shud Case, but there's enough material for a separate biography article on him as well. The following appear to be about the topic, but Derek Abbott is a common name and some of the sources below may include other Derek Abbotts:
A Scientist, Derek Abbott, has published a satirical dictionary to be updated via crowd sourcing. The Adelaide-based Abbott's tome features wry definitions for everyday concepts. He considers his creation an updated version of Ambrose Bierce's book The Devil's Dictionary and published it to mark the 100th anniversary of Bierce's work. Like The Devil's Dictionary, Abbott's book is an attempt at humorous and pointed descriptions of everyday terms and concepts. Unlike it, however, the dictionary draws from a variety of sources and will be updated regularly based on reader contributions. Definitions include "Creativity: n. "knowing how to hide your sources" (attributed to Albert Einstein), and Lloyd Irving's definition of morals: "excuses for not behaving badly"
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FYI: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Derek Abbott. (More information at the top of this talk page.) Pdfpdf (talk) 00:53, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
The wiki rules mention the lower limit of 10 citations for notability. Many Nobel Prize winners had less than 5000 citations and much less h-index when they died. Abbott is highly notable and this fact is highly visible; with 5000 citations and 35 h-index he could be full professors at any university an he is among the current leaders of scientific and technological research. Rubmum (talk) 03:24, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
Can anyone concisely summarise in a couple of sentences just what it is he is notable for? Pdfpdf (talk) 00:36, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
His google scholar publication list indicates high notability for many things; somebody could list them; the papers are there with citation numbers that can also be mentioned. However, even his IEEE Fellow status alone is enough to claim notability on wikipedia; see the relevant wikipedia page [1] :
Criteria: Academics/professors meeting any one of the following conditions, as substantiated through reliable sources, are notable...
I am his son btw 175.35.124.141 (talk) 01:29, 4 May 2023 (UTC)
The names are Gisele george and violet 175.35.119.171 (talk) 02:25, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
His parents which both died were actually Indian 175.35.119.171 (talk) 22:52, 17 November 2023 (UTC)