Wikipedia talk:Wiki Ed/University of Calgary/Introductory Geology (Fall 2016)

Biographies

I see several biographies about living scholars. Is any of the students creating or expanding articles on "their own" professors? Nemo 07:39, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Edith Merritt McKee

The article Edith Merritt McKee was recently created, apparently as part of this project. However, she doesn't appear to be notable. All there is is one single source, an obituary in a small-town newspaper, the Petoskey News-Review in Petoskey, Michigan (population 5,670). The obituary itself, which was likely republishing information provided by surviving family members, seems to have errors, referring to the "American Institute of Petroleum Geologists", but probably intending either the American Association of Petroleum Geologists ([1]) or the American Institute of Professional Geologists ([2]); which suggests it is not a reliable source in any event.

I can't find any further information on McKee to establish notability. If this is a notable geologist, please update the article to indicate that.

Since this looks like a school project, I'll hold off calling for the article deletion for a week or so, on the assumption that a professor who assigned the article to be created knows something to support notability, and it just needs to be added; and because I don't want to throw a new contributor into the Wikipedia deletion process if I can avoid it.

The following links may assist in finding sources to support notability:

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

I'll check back in a week or so, and if the issues have not been addressed, I will start the deletion process. TJRC (talk) 22:23, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi TJRC. Thanks for your note. I am the professor who assigned the article. I received a list (hard copy that I do not have reference to as I am not in my office for the next week), from a historian of geology. I will take a look at what she had put for her contributions. She also included in the list the different sources of information for each of the women geologists on the list (about 100). I will try to contact her and see what she has to say about other sources of information. This may be longer than a week, but I will try to get it done as soon as possible. Glenn.dolphin (talk) 07:13, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Following up: I've nominated the article for deletion; see notification below. TJRC (talk) 23:38, 20 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Edith Merritt McKee for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Edith Merritt McKee is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edith Merritt McKee until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. TJRC (talk) 23:38, 20 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]