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The result was Keep. Consensus indicates that the subject is notable. (non-admin closure) Devonian Wombat (talk) 05:12, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Vipin Kumar Tripathi[edit]

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non notable physicist. Fails WP:GNG KST981 (talk) 09:26, 26 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: the nominator has been blocked as a sock. See WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Wikibaji/Archive#26 May 2020 -- RoySmith (talk) 15:03, 29 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep 30 year Professor of one of the top IITs in India, IIT Delhi. Abundant coverage like Telegraph, Times of India, National Herald India, Daily Jang Pakistan. Normally satisfies GNG. - Aaqib Anjum Aafī (^talk) 10:55, 26 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 11:23, 26 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: Hesides the GNG claims above, the subject also has 11 published papers with over 100 citations each (Google Scholar). Clear pass of WP:NPROF. — MarkH₂₁^talk 15:21, 26 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
MarkH21, link? I am getting a result for one with a total of 100 citations. Usedtobecool ☎️ 10:30, 31 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Usedtobecool: I used this search, assuming that the Vijai K Tripathi whose papers were also on plasma physics was the same person. Looking at this though, that appears to have been erroneous. There are still multiple there that appear to be this VK Tripathi though. — MarkH₂₁^talk 11:01, 31 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: Passes WP:GNG--Irshadpp (talk) 07:18, 28 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 23:07, 28 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 23:07, 28 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per WP:PROF#C1, many highly cited publications on Google Scholar. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:23, 30 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep From above, it seems I didn't miss anything from my analysis, so here it is. In an academic capacity, the subject appears to have at least 100 total citations, no more than 300 at the most. So, I don't think that's quite enough for "Keep" on citations alone. Having been a professor of a top Indian institution is, frankly, a stronger indication of some notability, which is, however, unlikely to translate to lasting notability (as with most biographies on Wikipedia, to be fair). This fact also is likely the reason the media took notice of him when he ventured into political activism. As an intellectual going against the tide on contentious political issue/s, he seems to have garnered enough coverage to suggest he is quite close to reaching the WP:GNG threshold if he isn't there already. The article needs to make clear that he's a professor who's ventured into activism and that's what makes him notable. And care needs to be taken not to attribute academic achievements of others sharing the combination of "V", "VK" and "Tripathi" in their names to him. Usedtobecool ☎️ 11:30, 31 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Usedtobecool: This article alone has 411 citations from the Google Scholar link above, and this one has 198 citations per GS. There’s no mistake about authorship for either, from the journal websites. — MarkH₂₁^talk 12:18, 31 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
MarkH21, hmm... I must've found some other Tripathi, again. This gives a count of 4017. I unstress my point about low academic citations, move that to stress on identifying exactly his and no one else's, from reliable sources, while editing the article. Usedtobecool ☎️ 12:25, 31 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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