Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gerald P. Lopez

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The result was keep. NORTH AMERICA¹⁰⁰⁰ 04:01, 3 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Gerald P. Lopez

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Unsourced BLP, unsure if this person is notable at all. Dirk Beetstra ^{T C} 03:22, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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It does not look like the subject meets any of the criteria for notability as an academic. Kind regards, Matt Heard (talk) 23:05, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

He is a law professor whose Rebellious Lawyering (1992) has been cited in more than 800 law journal articles. No exaggeration. Please see citations to law journal articles added recently. Iamtheasphalt (talk) 22:47, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Multiple papers with 100+ cites is notability in any field. I suspect that a GS h-index of 14 will also satisfy criteria 1 of WP:PROF in this field. Law is apparently a very low citation field for academics. According to LSE, the average h-index of a (full) law professor (2.8) is the lowest of any of the social sciences, significantly less than the average across all such disciplines (4.9), and far below the number suggested by Hirsch for a (full) professor of physics (18). I also suspect that being "Kenneth & Harle Montgomery Professor of Public Interest Law" at Stanford Law School might satisfy criteria 5 of WP:PROF. There is also a biography of him in the AALS Directory of Law Teachers, published by West. James500 (talk) 05:38, 25 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NORTH AMERICA¹⁰⁰⁰ 03:46, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. A very quick google books search turns up "Gerald ('Jerry') Pablo López is undoubtedly the most notable scholar writing about community law practice" in a 2011 book by Alfredo Mirandé. I added a little more to the talk page in case anyone wants to read further. —Noah 06:29, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per the comments and references provided by James500 and Noah_Salzman. But once kept, this article needs to be revised substantially to clean up the inappropriately promotional tone throughout. Some of the many quote identified by Iamtheasphalt in this good faith edit, now reverted, might be used as well, but in a less ad-like style. --Arxiloxos (talk) 16:21, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I remember reading about his theories in one of my casebooks last semester. I'll try to find it and reference it when I'm home later. In the meantime, I've drastically re-written the article using some of the references identified by other people. I don't think there's really any serious question of notability; just that the article as previously written was too promotional and did a bad job of establishing notability. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 16:55, 29 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I was able to find some notable sources with a search engine search and law database search. I also notice some notable conferences, including a guest speaker at Yale. Sec12345 (talk) 17:58, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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