Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert Smith (professor): Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
PhnomPencil (talk | contribs) |
Robjp21019 (talk | contribs) |
||
| Line 9: | Line 9: | ||
*'''Keep''' One can assume that someone becomes a professor only after having been promoted through academia by being an expert in his field: I knew little of the history of the Yoruba, until I read his well-researched book. Wikipedia needs every article about Africa that people can contribute.[[User:Duncanogi|Duncanogi]] ([[User talk:Duncanogi|talk]]) 18:40, 24 November 2011 (UTC) |
*'''Keep''' One can assume that someone becomes a professor only after having been promoted through academia by being an expert in his field: I knew little of the history of the Yoruba, until I read his well-researched book. Wikipedia needs every article about Africa that people can contribute.[[User:Duncanogi|Duncanogi]] ([[User talk:Duncanogi|talk]]) 18:40, 24 November 2011 (UTC) |
||
*'''Keep''' - I've never read his books (there are multiple) but "Kingdoms of the Yoruba" has gone through multiple editions, and I see it being used as a reference quite a bit... [[Oyo Empire#Notes]] is an example of this. He seems to me to be a leading scholar on an important and under-represented field. '''[[User:PhnomPencil|<font color= "red">Phnom</font><font color="blue">Pencil</font>]]''' <sup>[[User talk:PhnomPencil|<font color="red">talk</font>]] [[Special:Contributions/PhnomPencil|<font color="blue">contribs</font>]]</sup> 19:01, 24 November 2011 (UTC) |
*'''Keep''' - I've never read his books (there are multiple) but "Kingdoms of the Yoruba" has gone through multiple editions, and I see it being used as a reference quite a bit... [[Oyo Empire#Notes]] is an example of this. He seems to me to be a leading scholar on an important and under-represented field. '''[[User:PhnomPencil|<font color= "red">Phnom</font><font color="blue">Pencil</font>]]''' <sup>[[User talk:PhnomPencil|<font color="red">talk</font>]] [[Special:Contributions/PhnomPencil|<font color="blue">contribs</font>]]</sup> 19:01, 24 November 2011 (UTC) |
||
*'''Keeps''' From other votes seems to be quite important |
|||
Revision as of 20:38, 24 November 2011
- Robert Smith (professor) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)
- (Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL)
All of the sources that I can find leads back to his book which doesn't seem notable also. SL93 (talk) 16:43, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
- Keep - Smith was one of the most important researchers in his field - his book "Kingdoms of the Yoruba" had a real impact on the study of the history of Nigeria. --Xijky (talk) 16:57, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
- Comment Do you have any sources for this or is it just your opinion? Currently there are no independent WP:reliable sources on this article. noq (talk) 18:18, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
- Keep One can assume that someone becomes a professor only after having been promoted through academia by being an expert in his field: I knew little of the history of the Yoruba, until I read his well-researched book. Wikipedia needs every article about Africa that people can contribute.Duncanogi (talk) 18:40, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
- Keep - I've never read his books (there are multiple) but "Kingdoms of the Yoruba" has gone through multiple editions, and I see it being used as a reference quite a bit... Oyo Empire#Notes is an example of this. He seems to me to be a leading scholar on an important and under-represented field. PhnomPencil talk contribs 19:01, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
- Keeps From other votes seems to be quite important