Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joseph Borg (scientist)

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The result was delete. Michig (talk) 17:54, 25 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Joseph Borg (scientist)

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Fails WP:NPROF. h-index is 14. Non-notable. Fails WP:SIGCOV scope_creep^Talk 16:09, 18 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 20:49, 18 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 20:49, 18 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Malta-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 20:49, 18 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. As per nom: Too soon. Xxanthippe (talk) 21:48, 18 December 2018 (UTC).[reply]
Delete As per nom. Does fails WP:NPROF. GenuineArt (talk) 18:48, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Weak delete. There appear to be three different Maltese Joseph Borgs with Google Scholar profiles: Joseph A Borg (marine biologist), Joseph Borg (haematologist), and John Joseph Borg (pharmacologist?). I think we want the middle one, the haematologist. His citation record is pretty good, but not quite enough to convince me of a pass of WP:PROF#C1 purely on the basis of its numbers, and I don't see anything else. WP:TOOSOON. —David Eppstein (talk) 00:02, 24 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Xxanthippe, GenuineArt, David Eppstein A comment has been left on the talk page of the article positing a notability criteria by the editor. Please read it, and see what you think. Thanks. scope_creep^Talk 19:19, 24 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Special pleading does not alter my opinion. Xxanthippe (talk) 23:12, 24 December 2018 (UTC).[reply]

I think there's a case to be made for increased coverage of academics from underdeveloped parts of the world where population is large but access to higher education is limited, even in cases where the standards for being a top academic in those countries are lower than they might be in the developed world. I'm not convinced that Malta is one of those places. —David Eppstein (talk) 05:53, 25 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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