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Michael Taillard

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Near-certain autobiography with some sockpuppetry concerns. SCOPUS gives an h-index of 1, which is an abject fail of WP:PROF. Sources rarely reach the level of even a proper namecheck, in some cases just being lists of people who did a thing. Bluntly, this is spam. Guy (Help!) 13:13, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

• Delete. An academic CV with some odd highlights (he wanted to be a body piercer?), but not especially distinguished. --Calton | Talk 16:46, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. L3X1 (distænt write) 17:49, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. L3X1 (distænt write) 17:49, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Michigan-related deletion discussions. L3X1 (distænt write) 17:49, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

• Delete. He's written quite a few books, including (the article says) five academic books, but although they exist they seem to have vanished into the academic void, with zero reviews. Which is very weird, for an academic book, and a sign that he isn't having much impact. Regardless, we don't have evidence for WP:PROF or WP:AUTHOR, and without evidence we can't keep the article. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:42, 21 November 2017 (UTC)
• Keep. Academic publishing is moving to a different platform in which publishers use subscription-based download services, such as SpringerLink. If you look at Taillard's books based on downloads, you'll see even his earliest books are still getting consistent attention. This is a service you can use to confirm that.

You can also use Academia.com to note that his name has been specifically referenced in 551 papers:

It is also worth noting that the importance of the work he's done is attracting the attention of various podcasts, from people who find his work extremely important:

It is without doubt that he is a professor, as he works at Central Michigan University, and has contributed more greatly to academia than most professors through his writings.

BullMooseRevival (talk) 19:41, 21 November 2017 (UTC) — BullMooseRevival (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

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• Delete. Notability is not judged on downloads but on citations, which here are tiny: WP:Too soon. Does the creator of the BLP have any connection with its subject? Xxanthippe (talk) 21:31, 21 November 2017 (UTC).

Xxanthippe 281 WorldCat entries plus 551 papers referencing BLP through Academia.edu is pretty significant, but not huge. Other editors and administrators have referred to the BLP as being right on the edge of notability. It seems prudent to leave the page intact, since any future works can only further increase notability, rather than decrease it. BullMooseRevival (talk) 23:37, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

• Delete I agree with David Eppstein's assessment that we don't have the evidence for WP:AUTHOR or WP:PROF. Download counts are not an indication of influence, nor should they be. Time and time again, I've been researching some obscure point and downloaded a dozen papers in the process, none of which had what I needed. There's no way to tell how many of the downloaded copies were discarded immediately after (nor how many hits were from automated scraping, etc.). XOR'easter (talk) 01:56, 22 November 2017 (UTC)
• Keep As per WP:AUTHOR, criteria states that "The person is known for originating a significant new concept, theory, or technique." Taillard has written works that are considered revolutionary to military strategy. This is evidenced by the books Economics and Modern Warfare (plus the coming 2nd edition), Psychology and Modern Warfare, and Analytics and Modern Warfare. There are also citations present in the BLP that provide irrefutable evidence of being invited to speak on this matter at universities (specifically, Madonna University), and on podcasts. Within an interview in the award winning movie Dead Man Working, as well as the books themselves, it is confirmed that he was a consultant on these same topics with US Strategic Command as the invitation of Vice Admiral Cecil Haney in 2011, and in Washington DC at the Chief of Staff of the Army's Strategic Studies Group at the invitation of Colonel Edmund Degen. The National Writer's Series is publishing an author's profile based on these books on Dec. 01, 2017. This all demonstrates a range of very significant influence in the field of strategic studies that range across the academic, military, and literary industries for which there has been ongoing recognition for the last 7 years. As per Academia.edu, his works have been cited 551 times in scholarly papers, and they are read significantly more frequently than books of similar topics according to BookMetrix. That is solid proof of WP:AUTHOR for the developments of new concepts and theories in the field of strategic studies. If anything, the biggest violation in the Wikipedia page is that it fails to give proper emphasis to his contributions to this field of work. Reorganizing the article a bit to focus on his contributions and work in strategic studies would help give the article a more appropriate scope. He was working with top US military officers across the nation to develop new methods of strategy, and then wrote three books about it which are popular enough that the publisher is starting with 2nd editions, and has spoken to universities, podcasts, and authors' groups. If that doesn't make someone notable within the field of strategic studies, nothing does - this guy is at the top of the field within a somewhat niche but very important area of expertise. That most definitely fits the criteria for a notable author as per Wikipedia guidelines. That is irrefutable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BullMooseRevival (talk • contribs) 06:58, 22 November 2017 (UTC)
• Keep The publishers he has worked with includes some of the most influential names in the industry. Wiley, Springer, Macmillan are all very selective and distinguished. I would bet each person here has heard of Corporate Finance for Dummies, themselves. I know I have seen it at my local bookstores and library. Nobody cites a Dummies book, but this one is a staple for college students. If he is good enough for the biggest names in the industry and known worldwide, then that is the very definition of notability.