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The result was Keep.—Quarl(talk) 2007-03-08 13:55Z
Comment:In the light of the above it sounds like she might well have done something interesting and be known for it, in which case lets see an article citing secondary sources that establishes that. However being a journal editor and having loads of grants and publications is pretty much part of the criterion for promotion to professor at the University of Manchester. Looking at Wikipedia:Notability (academics), I don't see the evidence for eg The person is regarded as a significant expert in his or her area by independent sources. (which is perhaps the easiest to meet). Billlion19:52, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. In WP:BIO, "People who satisfy at least one of these criteria may merit their own Wikipedia articles ... Creative professionals: ... The person or their work has been widely cited by authors". The editorship etc also indicate to me that she is known as a significant expert by her peers. Passage of the more specific criteria in WP:PROF would be even clearer. —David Eppstein21:59, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Full professors at major research universities meet it, having passed several external reviews by experts for their notability in the profession. We don't establish notability in WP, we see if the profession has established notability. -- This doesn't apply to every college, but it does to major universities, and University of Manchester is unquestionably one. This is further confirmed by the editorship.
There's an interesting phenomenon--if an article on an academic does list all the papers then it gets condemned as puffery, if an academic is more modest, then it gets thought non-notable. DGG23:21, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Given information provided by User:Pharamond, this qualifies under criterion 4 of WP:PROF: "The person's collective body of work is significant and well-known." Having an article cited >200 times is a major accomplishment in academe. -- Black Falcon23:48, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Being a journal editor-in-chief does meet "The person is regarded as a significant expert in his or her area by independent sources". Why otherwise would she be selected. The criteria for promotion to Professor at UK universities pretty well makes anyone so selected to be notable and this academic is. --Bduke01:48, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, ditto to all the above keeps, extensively published and internationally known. --User:Duncan.Hull
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