Talk:Andrew Pyle (philosopher)

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Deletion Discussion[edit]

Does Andrew Pyle deserve a wikipedia page? Biographies of living people must be people of some significance, and this person does not seem to have any significance. There is no citation of anything on the page. Additionally, the neutrality of the article could be debated, especially the claim that he "is an authority on the history of philosophical atomism." Who decided that? And what makes the topic he researched "ill addressed"? 82.46.92.29 (talk) 11:22, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

gBooks shows subject to be a prolific author and editor, gScholar shows a significant presence (including 282 citations for one work, 181 for another). Clearly notable. Could the article use work? Yes. But it has only recently been tagged as such. 74.69.39.11 (talk) 14:15, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

gBooks shows twenty works in total (it says 103, but only actually shows 20), only two of which are original works. Most appear to be compilations of essays by other authors. One of his original works is his PhD dissertation, the other is his work on Malebranche. It does not seem that this meets the requirements under wikipedia:ACADEMIC 94.171.225.21 (talk) 08:47, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I do not think that this person fulfills the criterion for inclusion. Consider the notability guidelines for academics [1]. It doesn't clearly appear that this academic fulfills any of these criterion. The onus is on the proponent including this person into wikipedia to provide references and sources to prove that they fulfill the criterion. Kantian (talk) 20:58, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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