Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arie Rip

=[[Arie Rip]]=

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Unsourced since 2007. No reliable sources found to verify the information (all the sources I could find were written by Rip himself) -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 19:51, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

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  • Delete, unable to find any reliable sources independent of the subject to sufficiently verify the contents of the article. Does not meet WP:GNG. J04n(talk page) 20:05, 19 September 2010 (UTC) Keep, per the improvements and sourcing done by Silver seren. J04n(talk page) 00:22, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep He appears to be a major socio-technologist who is frequently cited or asked to contribute to mainstream nanotechnology books and publications like Nature. SilverserenC 22:10, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Social science-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:14, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:14, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep. GS h index around 33. A less than competent nomination. Nominator is reminded of WP:Before. Xxanthippe (talk) 02:29, 20 September 2010 (UTC).
  • Keep - he has "published extensively on various topics" and "introduced the widely used method of Constructive Technology Assessment".... Bearian (talk) 18:01, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Keep I am convinced from the added sources and comments here that the article should be kept. If J04n wishes to change to 'keep' then this could be closed early, otherwise I would suggest that it is kept open for the full 7 days -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 19:50, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

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