Talk:Wilt L. Idema

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==Reasons for creating the page==

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Since the suggested deletion does not offer any specific suggestions other than "Non-notable academic," it's hard to respond in detail except to say that any scholar with a publication record that long must be notable!

Wikipedia needs more articles in the area of Chinese Literature, and articles on the scholars are important to let readers judge which scholarship is a Reliable Source by linking with the author's page.

The Wilt L. Idema page is part of my slow but (I hope) sure creation or expansion of a network of articles about the study of China (and to some extent Asia). My userpage lists some of them. To be sure, the Wilt Idema article is just a start, but it is not an orphan.

Besides (not logically conclusive, but strongly suggestive), this article is at the same level of development as a number of articles in the Category:Sinologists category.

Thanks for your consideration. ch (talk) 21:21, 6 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Further on notability

"Academics/professors meeting any one of the following conditions, as substantiated through reliable sources, are notable. ,,, the merits of an article on the academic/professor will depend largely on the extent to which it is verifiable."

1. The person's research has made significant impact in their scholarly discipline, broadly construed, as demonstrated by independent reliable sources.

Academic Notability calls specifically for WP:Common sense: Several hundred publications (selected from a longer list), including books from university presses Cambridge, Harvard, Michigan, Berkeley, Hawaii, for starters; every major journal in his field. These university presses and academic journals are all peer reviewed. Publication of a book or article at one or two of them is not more than normal, but to publish at so many over a period of thirty five years is ipso facto notable.

Google Scholar search "Wilt L. Idema [1] the first four hits have a total of 175 citations.

(Add to this the specific note that publication of a Festschrift in his honor satisfies this point. -- Michael Scott Cuthbert (talk) 22:15, 8 June 2013 (UTC))[reply]

2. The person has received a highly prestigious academic award or honor at a national or international level.

Martinus Nijhoff Prijs (DutchNational Translation Award), 1992.

3. The person is or has been an elected member of a highly selective and prestigious scholarly society or association (e.g., a National Academy of Sciences or the Royal Society) or a Fellow of a major scholarly society for which that is a highly selective honor (e.g., the IEEE).

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

5. The person holds or has held a named chair appointment or "Distinguished Professor" appointment at a major institution of higher education and research (or an equivalent position in countries where named chairs are uncommon).

Leiden University:: Professor of Chinese Literature and Linguistics. Chairman of the Department of Chinese Languages & Culture; Vice-dean for Educational Matters, School of Humanities; Dean, School of Humanities; Director, Centre for Non-Western Studies; Dean, School of Humanities. He has been Visiting Professor at University of Hawaii at Manoa, University of California at Berkeley, and École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris.

6. The person has held a highest-level elected or appointed academic post at a major academic institution or major academic society.

Leiden University:: Professor of Chinese Literature and Linguistics. Chairman of the Department of Chinese Languages & Culture; Vice-dean for Educational Matters, School of Humanities; Dean, School of Humanities; Director, Centre for Non-Western Studies; Dean, School of Humanities.

8. The person is or has been the head or chief editor of a major well-established academic journal in their subject area.

Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies

T'oung Pao