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The result was keep. Liz Read! Talk! 08:02, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
John Richard Sheaffer
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This seems suspiciously promotional, and has had no good sources for the fifteen+ years that it has existed. Created by an SPA, also. BD2412 T 02:31, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. BD2412 T 02:31, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
- Keep analog/digital and spelling issue here I think. Likely meets WP:BIO though likely some copyediting is necessary.
- Seems some promising sigcov here via the EPA, I'm almost sure this is the same person despite the (common) spelling error: "Land Disposal of Wastewater: A Land Use Case Study" [1] [2]
- Here's some barely readable coverage that seems to cover some principles as well as citing a statement to a subcommittee [3]
- Seems to be some traction on subject's book [4] 14 citations is pretty high for a 1983 work.
- This seems to demonstrate subject's published participation in a conference, which may lead to futher citations, probably need a proper citation index for that [5]
- — siro χ o 03:12, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
- Keep, I think, he's used as the intro to an editorial in the journal Groundwater [6], got an obituary in the Chicago Tribune [7] and attention from the Washington Post [8]. The article isn't great, it needs cleaning up, but I think the man has made sufficient impact to be included. Elemimele ( talk) 06:05, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 02:56, 5 July 2023 (UTC)
- Comment Some more evidence for WP:ACADEMIC: "Encouraging wise use of floodplains with market-based incentives" has 19 citations, "Cities under water: A comparative evaluation of ten cities' efforts to manage floodplain land use" has seemingly over 100. — siro χ o 08:41, 5 July 2023 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 02:18, 12 July 2023 (UTC)
- Keep per sources provided by Elemimele and siroxo. Probably passes NACADEMIC too, but I think we're fine with
WP:NBASIC here. We've got
a staff-written obit in the Chicago Trib,
a full-length profile in the Washington Post, and via the excruciating NEPIS interface we also have
this EPA report containing several pages on his wastewater disposal innovations (and others as linked above). All of these appear to be reliable, independent of the subject and to meet the
WP:SIGCOV requirement of
address[ing] the topic directly and in detail, so that no original research is needed to extract the content.
-- Visviva ( talk) 02:09, 14 July 2023 (UTC) - Keep per all the digging, researching and 'splaining by others above. I didn't even have to dig up any refs myself this time -- just opine on others' fine work.
- -- A. B. ( talk • contribs • global count) 02:21, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
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