Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edward T. Jackson

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The result was delete‎. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 07:03, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Edward T. Jackson[edit]

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Non-notable academic, without a lasting claim to relevance for the general public. Sadads (talk) 11:54, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Academics and educators and Canada. Owen× ☎ 13:41, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep -- Clearly meets WP:NPROF criterion 3 as an elected member of the Royal Society of Arts.Central and Adams (talk) 15:45, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
FRSA definitely does not pass #C3. It is (currently at least) the sort of fellowship given to paid subscribers as a way of letting them express that they are interested in the arts. It is not the sort of fellowship given only to people with significant academic accomplishments. See the description of what it means at Royal Society of Arts § Fellowship. This has come up repeatedly before but unfortunately I do not know of a good link where that past wisdom has been collected. —David Eppstein (talk) 04:27, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 12:13, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: He's a senior research fellow at a Canadian University [1], I'm not sure if that passes PROF notability. Carleton is a mid-level Canadian university in Ottawa. Oaktree b (talk) 13:30, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: I was hoping the Citizenship medal would get some coverage, but I can only find his name in a list of winners. I don't see notability due to a lack of sourcing. If the chair position in my question above makes him notable, I'll revisit my !vote. Oaktree b (talk) 13:34, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep': Passed WP:PPROF, check This , clearly passes PROF notability. _Usimite (talk) 16:45, 8 May 2024 (UTC) Blocked sock. Wikishovel (talk) 03:35, 10 May 2024 (UTC)'[reply]
No, it doesn't. That just says that some research group hired him to be a researcher ("senior research fellow"). The word "fellow" is overloaded in academia, and again, this is not the sort of highest-level honorary membership in an academic society that would pass #C3. —David Eppstein (talk) 17:47, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, I see no evidence that he passes any of the criteria in WP:NPROF, including the material in the writeup given by Usimite. The criteria are very specific, and people have to be demonstratively notable in one or more of them. His award from the Canadian Evaluation Society is not big enough, as the relevant chapter has only ~450 members which is too small -- and it is a local not a national award. While he has contributed importantly to the University, it looks routine (WP:MILL) to me. The only possible pass is the Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship which is notable enough to have a page. However, it is pretty low in the order for Canada, see Canadian honours order of wearing so I don't view it as passing the wider WP:N. Ldm1954 (talk) 17:52, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom, and the article was full of puffery also. Drmies (talk) 23:33, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: According to Criterion 6 of WP:NACADEMIC, he has been 'appointed administrative post at a major academic institution' CA CV, along with criterion 5 according to which he has been 'Chair of Carleton Centre for Community Innovation' here. Authored in Daily FT, Huffpost, Winnipeg Free Press which has some indication towards criterion 7 within WP:NACADEMIC. Ifiwereanywhereelse (talk) 12:47, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, but you are not fully quoting C6 which states "Lesser administrative posts (provost, dean, department chair, etc.) are generally not sufficient to qualify under Criterion 6 alone". Also C5 is for academic (endowed) chairs, not (administrative) chair of a center. Lastly in C7 the text is specific, "the person is frequently quoted in conventional media as an academic expert in a particular area", and your three links (which don't appear to be in the page) are his articles, which is different from others quoting him as an academic expert. Ldm1954 (talk) 16:01, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – Fails WP:NPROF. Sgubaldo (talk) 16:51, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Weak delete. He has a few well-cited publications but then his citation counts drop off steeply [2]. Among the top citations, Knowledge shared is an edited volume rather than an authored work and Accelerating impact is not really authored by him; it is a think tank report listing his company as a corporate author. I don't think that leaves enough for WP:PROF#C1 and I'm not convinced anything else discussed here or in the article counts for notability at all. —David Eppstein (talk) 06:20, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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