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.

The result of the debate was no consensus and tagged as ((unreferenced)). howcheng {chat} 17:49, 3 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Martinsons[edit]

If we forget for a moment this is mistitled, I can see multiple claims of notability in the article including several publications and claims of being a leader in their field. Was tagged as a speedy, but I don't think it is one. Abstain. - Mgm|^(talk) 09:33, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. NN academic (probably looking for employment).Obina 11:37, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. I actually find quite a few works citing this author when searching Ebrary or Google Books (look for "Martinsons, M" or "Martinsons, MG"). And for whoever added the nn-bio tag: this is emphatically not a speedy delete, a real professorship and publications are assertions of notability. u p p l a n d 15:02, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per Uppland, and because his "research and insights have been published in many leading English-language journals and translated into languages such as Chinese, French, Japanese, Latvian, and Russian". Kappa 18:15, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• keep as per above Jcuk 20:28, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Rewrite Needs re-writing to be less of a ad ComputerJoe 21:36, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Vanity, probable autobiography, the vague claims of notability ("a leading authority on strategic management and organizational change") are unverifiable unless sources are provided and none are. Self-claimed notability is not a good claim of notability. We need to be serious about verifiability. Dpbsmith (talk) 00:30, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Unverifiable and as it stands does not meet WP:BIO. Stifle 13:44, 26 December 2005 (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.