Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robin Mathy

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The page has been flagged for notability, lack of references, and no linking articles for years. It was deleted once and requested to be put back. The individual in question is not at all clearly notable. Phoenixfire213 (talk) 21:20, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

:*This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 13:14, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. -- Danger (talk) 17:10, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of Social science-related deletion discussions. -- Danger (talk) 17:10, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

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:Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:12, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

• Delete. I'm not seeing the evidence for WP:GNG or WP:PROF. If indeed her book was listed by the NY Times Review (a fact I can't verify) then perhaps it is notable, but that would still be a case of WP:BIO1E. —David Eppstein (talk) 23:29, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

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:Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:28, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

• Keep. The listed book seems influential enough (95 GScholar cites), and the NYReview of Books claim appears legit. Assuming both of these hold up, I think she meets WP:PROF. She also seems to have a lot of recent press in connection with this widely publicized incident [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1362964/US-professor-defends-sex-toy-demonstration-Faith-Kroll-Northwest-University.html], and is characterized in RS-reports as a "leading researcher" in her field. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 03:50, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

• Comment. I was unable to find an entry for that title in the book review [http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/features/books/bookreviews/index.html?s=newest&query=Male+Homosexuality+in+Four+Societies&match=exact&submit.x=6&submit.y=9 search engine results] of the NYTimes. Has anyone seen it directly?— James Cantor (talk) 12:47, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

:The New York Review of Books is not part of the New York Times; it looks to me like the article miscites the publication. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 13:25, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

::Yes, you are correct. What was the confirmation you found?— James Cantor (talk) 13:57, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

:::I couldn't find it on the NYRB site, but I don't know how complete its archives are. I did find a number of (paywalled) sources mentioning both the book and the NYRB, which is supportive but not directly confirming; that's why my comment was weasel-worded on this point. Looking into things a little further this morning, I'm struck by the fact that the AFD nomination was started by an SPA and a long-dormant user, just a day or two after Mathy's involvement in a current academic controversy made national press. So right now I think that the often-cited book (GScholar) and the currently documented reputation as a "leading researcher" are enough to demonstrate notability, with or without confirmation of the NYRB citation. (Interesdtingly, the IP who placed the initial deletion notice traces back to Evanston, IL, where Northwestern University is located, and Mathy's current press comes from a dispute over a dispute over a professor's actions at . . . Northwestern University. So I'm a bit suspicious of the nomination (but not any of the other comments). Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 16:00, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

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