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598:. Beyond that, there's not a claim to fame for this researcher, so I would delete the bio page once information is incorporated into the GFAJ-1 page. Most of the current content there seems to be in this page as well, so there likely isn't too much needed to be moved over if any unless I missed something in my quick skim. 377:
I worry a little bit that the article stigmatizes her. As a female in a male-dominated science world, she was (almost unfairly) propelled to Time-mag like fleeting luminosity, and she must rue the notoriety conferred by Knowledge (XXG). Based on Chemical Abstracts search - she stopped publishing at
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500 total citations. Regarding questions of whether she is still active in science – these are irrelevant (we still have a page on Einstein, but he's no longer active). WoS shows the Science paper is still being cited frequently, some of which are in the context of post-publication review, no doubt
565:. I think we all realize that cases like this are tricky. However, the subject has a reasonable publication/citation record. Although I count h-index of 11 (WoS, typically considered borderline), she has a couple of reasonably well-cited first author papers (including the science paper) with : --> 395:. What Smokefoot says. Felisa has taken her website down; one wouldn't think she'd be keen to have a Knowledge (XXG) page either. To Shoy: there's been stuff written on her strain of bacterium but there's preciously little sustained attention on her person. 571:
of these citations. That they are there renders her notable. I'm not aware that she has requested article deletion, so I likewise don't think we have any judicial say at the moment to delete the article on those grounds either (as has been hinted at above).
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This person authored a paper in a high impact scientific journal ("Science") that was later shown to be incorrect. Aside from this single mistake, she has done nothing particularly notable. The mistake in the Science paper is discussed in
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Her work is in a mainstream area of science. It just happens to be that a particular aspect she had proposed is wrong. This happens in science all the time, though not typically to this scale. FRINGE does not apply in this particular case.
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Journal retracted the paper, and I don't care for Time Magazine's ethics of following suit. Her work was mistaken and debunked, and was not influential at all. Should we also make a biography on whoever said the Moon is made of Cheese?
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that Science paper in 2011 except for a rebuttal that made things only worse. She has 11 publications, including the rebuttal. But editors here have a better sense than do I which way to go.--
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I was almost going to go for a weak keep as cases like this where scientific results are noticeable overturned and reported upon can be notable per
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I share Smokefoot's concerns about this article. This is basically one event, even if it's one event that got a lot of media coverage.
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per Agricola et al. - she's been covered in enough RS and her work has gone beyond this one massive debacle. She'd probably pass
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and probably some other articles. To some limited extent, the mistake made in her paper is thought provoking, but she isn't. --
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called her 1 of the 100 top most influential people in the world in 2011. Another long profile by Popular Science
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related to the controversy. However, I don't think it is our job (or probably within our ability) to judge the
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below.
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
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giant flame-outs, and people who make such are notorious, and yes, even notable.
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Hypothetical types of biochemistry#Arsenic as an alternative to phosphorus
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The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate.
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to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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even without it, though I'd have to do some digging.
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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —
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