Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ahmed Almheiri

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The result was keep‎. Evidence re: PROF#C2 has not been refuted. Owen× ☎ 21:26, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ahmed Almheiri

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Assistant professor who does not come close to meeting WP:NPROF, one of two created recently directly to main space by an editor with only a few edits. Not enough publications, no major awards. Article was draftified on WP:NPP and tagged for notability, but tag was removed and it was immediately moved back to main space with the claim "meets Wikipedia standards". I think an easy case of Delete. Ldm1954 (talk) 13:44, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Ldm1954 (talk) 13:44, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: He has made a good start, and the joint awarding (with three others) of the Breakthrough prize in 2021 is a plus; please note that this was awarded to three groups that year, a total of nine people. I am sure that if his career continues to move forward he will qualify under WP:NPROF in a few years, but currently it is WP:TOOSOON. Ldm1954 (talk) 14:28, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ahmed Almheiri has received the New Horizons Breakthrough Prize in Physics and the Pride of Emirates medal which are quite notable achievements. He also has an individual paper with more than 1500 citations and has contributed significantly to his field just in the last decade. Age and institutional title should not be the measuring stick for eligibility of having a wikipedia page. Consider for example the Wikipedia page of Netta Engelhardt who received the Breakthrough Prize alongside Ahmed Almheiri. This shows that the article deserves to live in Wikipedia and in no way is an "easy case of Delete". Shoy.ouseph (talk) 14:34, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Arab Emirates-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 16:04, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Canada, California, and New Jersey. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 18:22, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The Breakthrough Prize is very high-profile, I think enough for WP:PROF#C2. It's hard to judge his citation record for #C1 because this is a high-citation field but he does have high citations as well. Assistant professors are generally not notable unless we have evidence that they are already recognized as a star in their field (not just a promising new researcher) but I think the Breakthrough Prize is that recognition that we're looking for. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:36, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Bluelinked prize (Breakthrough) and we can presume notability right there. Other than that, he just about squeaks WP:GNG on media coverage alone. Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 06:26, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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