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643:, like most the people here I agree the majority of the sources are namechecking, however several are clearly not, and these substantial sources are easily sufficient to pass GNG. He features on several lists of the most important Asian scientists, so I have no issue with the relevance of the subject. 442:. The articles in the Google search are largely about the subject of disarmament with one-line snippets about something Mian said. Those cites provide no insight to Mian. In passing, I deleted from the article a "reference" to a huffpost blog written by Mian.-- 736:: "Published authors are kept as notable if they have received multiple independent reviews of or awards for their work, or if their work is likely to be very widely read." There's no requirement for the books to have Wiki articles themselves. 575:, 3 from his organization (Princeton), one from Amazon, merely his book for sale, the remaining didn't discussed him independently in details. Also as someone said above the article more or less looks like CV with listing of 281:
as a peace activist. And searching elsewhere didn't help: citation counts too low on Google scholar for academic notability, and only the one clickbait asianscientist link about him by someone independent of him.
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I don't think these are well-known works. If they were, then they must be critically reviewed and would have article on Knowledge (XXG). There is little coverage in WP:RS and he fails
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I've added a template in the talk page to help find more sources. If no results come in the next few weeks, a delete is fine or a suggested draft space.--
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I agree with the User:Gaarmyvet that merely namechecking in the RS is not enough. I suggest to delete this poorly sourced bio. --
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argument than actually showing us that the subject is discussed in detail by multiple sources independent of the subject.
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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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as this seems like a resume and has no intrinsic usefulness to the encyclopedia. -
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What I find even more puzzling is why no one has noticed he easily meets
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The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate.
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This is no argument that there are many sources. That much like
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to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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Thanks for your help, in checking the other sources.
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