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The result was delete. Opabinia regalis (talk) 03:43, 10 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Abdisalam Issa-Salwe (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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This person doesn't appear to meet the guidelines set out at Wikipedia:Notability (academics). I became aware of him as a result of this issue that I raised on the reliable sources noticeboard. He is a computer scientist and has also published on Somali politics and history. It is possible that he might meet criteria 1 ("The person's research has made significant impact in their scholarly discipline, broadly construed, as demonstrated by independent reliable sources") or 7 ("The person has made substantial impact outside academia in their academic capacity") but the article doesn't demonstrate this and I haven't been able to find sources that establish it. The publishers of his books are not well established (LAP Lambert Academic Publishing is a vanity press). It also appears that the article might have been written in part by the subject ("Publications Related to my Dissertation"), perhaps as Binsalwe. Cordless Larry (talk) 21:15, 2 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Per WP:NOTRESUME. The article says where he's been, his publications, his research interests. There's not even an explanation as to his notability. The only reference doesn't appear to mention him. [1] Citation counts are pretty low, so no substantial impact on either of his fields. Not seeing any news coverage so it doesn't seem he's had a significant impact outside of academia. ― Padenton|✉   21:37, 2 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Somalia-related deletion discussions. ― Padenton|✉   21:39, 2 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. ― Padenton|✉   21:39, 2 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete; doesn't seem to be notable. bobrayner (talk) 23:53, 2 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom. Buckshot06 (talk) 01:23, 3 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Citation counts inadequate for WP:PROF#C1 and no evidence of passing any other notability criterion. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:25, 3 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:48, 4 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per above Fails WP:PROF and also per WP:NOTRESUME.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 00:55, 10 May 2015 (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.