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The result was keep. John254 00:10, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Robert Istepanian (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log)

Was tagged for speedy A7; since there is some claim of importance I've taken it to AfD. The immediate problem I see is that it is largely unreferenced and the two refs provided are not independent sources. Marasmusine (talk) 11:48, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. has the article been deleted? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Carolyn25 (talk • contribs) 12:35, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. —David Eppstein (talk) 16:58, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Much more than "some claim of importance" claims lead investigator of multiple projects with major funding, and over 150 papers--I have not checked them yet for citations. Is ed. of three books by major publishers. The web site is sufficient sourcing for the routine facts of a career, and the papers can & will be verified in Web of Science. However, I am not familiar with Kingston University, which appears to be a upgrade of Kingston Polytechnic, so I do not necessarily assume a full professor there is important. St Georges, similarly, is a respectable but not absolute top-rate London medical school. .DGG (talk) 17:32, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Marasmusine. It's good that the article hasn't been deleted yet and I hope it isn't. Thre is also another thing. How do you write to people on their talk pages as I don't know how to being new user on Wikipedia. Thanks Carolyn —Preceding unsigned comment added by Carolyn25 (talk • contribs) 22:47, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Carolyn, try clicking on the talk link next to someone's signature, which will take you to their talk page, then clicking on the little "+" tab or the "edit this page" tab. I'll leave some other useful links on your talk page. Marasmusine (talk) 07:52, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. Although Kingston University is not a top-ranked UK university in this field, as far as I'm aware, he is a full professor and director of a research centre, co-editor of three books by top-rated publishers, on several academic editorial boards, guest editor of several journal issues, and lead investigator for multiple major projects, which would seem sufficient to meet WP:PROF. Espresso Addict (talk) 20:14, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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