Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2020 January 31

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31 January 2020

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Yun Chol (weightlifter) (talk|edit|history|logs|links|watch) (XfD|restore)

Was speedily closed but does not meet any of the

speedy close criteria. Claims to meet criteria 2 but another editor had a good faith delete vote so criteria 2 does not apply. Also misinterprets NOLY: "Athletes from any sport are presumed notable (emphasis added). The nominator may challenge that presumption in keeping with NSPORT (of which NOLY is a part of's) statement that "meeting of any of these criteria does not mean that an article must be kept. These are merely rules of thumb which some editors choose to keep in mind when deciding whether or not to keep an article that is on articles for deletion." Closing sysop has been active on Wiki, in at least two clusters of editing, but has not responded to any of the three separate talk page messages. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 18:25, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply
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I should also note that why I had not formally !voted in this I had commented and think, based on the evidence I have on hand, that keep is what our guidelines suggest here so this is really about the suggestion it's borderline disruptive editing to have nominated it and the out of process close. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 18:32, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Endorse There appears to be a contradiction between the view expressed at ANI and the standard practice at WP. ANI can not establish notability guidelines, so what was said there was not directly relevant. But there is curently a discussion at

Wikipedia talk:Notability (sports) that may well result in changing the current guideline. If it is changed, then there will be tens of thousands of articles to be considered for deletion, but for every one of them it would really be necessary to search if sources can be found--nobody usually did a full search when most of them were created, because it seemed unnecessary, and many of them are quite old, and sources may have become available--especially with the greater access to newspapers. At present the article remains, and the obvious thing to do is to simply continue the current status until the discussion on the guideline concludes. It's not presently listed as an RfC, but it is enough of a change in practice that it should be, so the discussion will take a while. I do not really agree with a speedy close in asituation like this, but the result was correct. DGG ( talk ) 19:08, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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  • WP:SIGCOV. It's not a slam-dunk and it's only two sources so the article can still be discussed at AFD if folks feel that the sources were still not adequate, but on balance this is a restore from draft. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:12, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply
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Clarice Phelps (talk|edit|history|logs|links|watch) (XfD|restore)

Since this article was deleted about a year ago, two important events transpired: Phelps was featured in the

Draft:Clarice Phelps. Note that this version cannot currently be published since the title is salted. Kaldari (talk) 07:44, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply
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As for publications, I looked at the references in the draft, and also did searches on Google Scholar and JSTOR. I can't find a single peer-reviewed publication where she is the first or last author (those two positions generally denote the most important contributors). The only citation I found where she is first author is in the draft (Phelps, C.; Delmau, L.; Boll, R.; Hindman, C. (August 2016). Investigations Using LN, LN2 and LN3 resins for Separation of Actinium from Lanthanuum. Presentation for the 252nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, Philadelphis, PA.) but I can't tell exactly what that is, and haven't been able to find it in any of my searches. "Presentation" could mean anything from an invited keynote talk to a poster.
As for the awards she's received, the only one that's of any interest at all is the IUPAC Periodic Table of Younger Chemists. They gave out 118 of those, and the program accepted self-nominations. The awards were not given out for outstanding scientific achievement, but to people who, "embody the mission and core values of IUPAC". So, no, that doesn't make you notable.
And, no, you don't become notable by having an article about you deleted because you're not notable and the popular press pick up on that.
The other side of this is really more of a commentary on some of our more our deplorable
WP:GNG. -- RoySmith (talk) 16:56, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply
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@RoySmith: And, no, you don't become notable by having an article about you deleted because you're not notable and the popular press pick up on that. What PAG, RFC, AFD precedent... anything... supports this assertion? If multiple independent reliable sources publish in-depth articles about the deletion of a Wikipedia page, why isn't that GNG notable? – Levivich 04:55, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
That statement was, of course, my personal opinion. But, as far as I can tell, the major press coverage of this was the Undark article, which was published as an opinion piece. The core premise is certainly true; women are under-represented as both editors and subjects of articles. Beyond that, it's a piece of sensationalistic crap. For example, "As far as we know, Phelps was the first African American woman to play such a pivotal role in introducing a new chemical element to the world.". Pivotal role? She's a lab technician on a team of probably 100's of people who worked on that project. This is worthy of a short mention at Criticism of Wikipedia. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:37, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: If there was no consensus on the question of salting, then that was effectively an affirmation of the salt, since that was the status quo ante. Like SportingFlyer I would want to see the three best sources before supporting a motion to recreate. As chance would have it, I thought about Phelps earlier and did a quick check online then, and I didn't see anything too convincing. Most coverage is still media sources complaining about us deleting her, even though those same media sources have zero coverage of Phelps themselves. Look in your own backyard first, folks.  — Amakuru (talk) 17:49, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
WP:GNG has been met? Doug Mehus T·C 17:54, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply
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@Amakuru: I think the 3 best sources for establishing GNG are probably [1], [2], and [3] (all of which were published after the previous deletion discussion). Kaldari (talk) 21:01, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The first one is the local Oak Ridge newspaper rehashing a press release from her employer. The second one is an announcement from IUPAC, who gave her the award. The third one is basically an interview conducted by the local TV station. I
can't even tell what she did on the project: "part of a team", "Phelps and her colleagues helped confirm", "associated with the discovery". Well, gee, I'm associated with the biggest encyclopedia in the world. I'm part of the team that wrote it. My colleagues and I administer it. Does that make me notable? Hey, look, I'm all for more STEM topics in the encyclopedia. I'm all for more coverage of women. But this person doesn't meet our notability guidelines. -- RoySmith (talk) 23:28, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply
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@RoySmith: Are you suggesting that any of those sources somehow don't qualify as independent reliable sources or are you suggesting that the coverage isn't significant, or both? Kaldari (talk) 00:28, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
More than suggesting.
Press releases, and news articles which mostly rehash such releases, are not considered to be independent. These are the types of sources that get shot down at AfD every day. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:45, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply
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@RoySmith: The WBIR story isn't an interview. Less than half of it is quotation, so I would not classify it as a primary source. Even if all the quotation was removed from it, it would still be a useful source (and actually wouldn't lose much usefulness since most of what is discussed in the quotations is also mentioned in the prose). So I'm going to have to disagree with you on that one. You may have a good point about The Oak Ridger story, however, as it seems to be largely based on a press release. Was there any problem with the IUPAC content counting towards GNG, in your view? Kaldari (talk) 01:52, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
IUPAC gave the award. An announcement on their own website about the award they gave is pretty much the definition of
WP:PRIMARY. -- RoySmith (talk) 02:11, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply
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  • Permit re-creation. I argued against keeping the article at the previous AfD. I would argue for keeping the present version. I want to congratulate Kaldari for getting us an appropriate article. DGG ( talk ) 18:58, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Endorse Per my comment above, I agree with RoySmith's analysis of the new presented sources - none of them convey notability, and I'm not sure any of them come close. I understand why other users want this in mainspace, but she is not yet notable per our SNGs or the newly available sources. SportingFlyer T·C 23:39, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Suggestion: The treehouse keeps on being built without a supporting branch. What enwiki is missing is connectivity to Phelps -- and this is needed regardless of whether or not her full article lives in mainspace. It's questionable that she should be added at tennessine for weight reasons ("part of" and "involved in" are weak and weaselish grounds for establishing notability, her teammates and probably hundreds of others have the same claim there, and her genetic heritage is incidental to the discovery), but her being the first African-American female involved with the discovery of an element is noteworthy and should be included in enwiki. In the time since the first AFD, additional sources have been released regarding the discovery of tennessine, including about the berkelium team. So: spin off the tennessine#Discovery subsection into Discovery of tennessine, in which due weight is fairly applied to the role of individuals and groups in the discovery per sources, and a more humanistic lens can be applied than should be at the main article. Phelps as first AAFIWTDOAE, and honours resulting from the Discovery accrued by anyone including Phelps can and should be included. ~Hydronium~Hydroxide~(Talk)~ 02:57, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't think there's a very good case for unsalting this. The major claim to notability is "first African-American woman to be involved with the discovery of an element", along with things like "involved in the discovery". This source, which gives her about a paragraph, is cited five times for these claims. However it points out that 61 people could reasonably claim to be "involved in the discovery", and that the idea of crediting the discovery to one person or a small group of people is silly. I don't think it's reasonable to use the fact that somebody was part of a very large team that collectively discovered something important as evidence of notability, and it wasn't considered to be enough last time. I'm not sure the Periodic Table of Younger Chemists qualifies as an "award" as such, they seem to have done some biographies of young chemists to serve as inspirational examples, and she was one of the ones they picked to feature. I doubt most of the people on the list are notable. To pass
    WP:NACADEMIC point 2 it would need to be "a highly prestigious academic award or honor", I don't see evidence of that. There is some media coverage of Wikipedia deleting her article but don't think that should be enough to confer notability. I doubt it would get more than a sentence in an article about criticism of Wikipedia. Most of these issues, and the sources provided, are very similar to the ones previously discussed at great length in other debates. Hut 8.5 13:23, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply
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The "61 people" are just those at Oak Ridge. ORNL's part was to produce one of the precursors, and the final synthesis was done elsewhere. So, the circle of people who could reasonably be said to be "involved in the discovery" is likely more like 100's. -- RoySmith (talk) 18:44, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@RoySmith: If you want to rely on original research, Phelps was one of two people who physically performed the purification of the berkelium (which took 90 days). The only other precursor was calcium-48, which is naturally occurring. As explained in the Physics Today article, "the hardest part of the whole process is obtaining the starting materials." You can say 100s of people were involved in the discovery, but Phelps was probably among the dozen people most involved. Regardless, her main claim to notability is being the first African American woman associated with the discovery of an element, not just being associated with the discovery of tennessine. Kaldari (talk) 15:56, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
So, then why not an article about the first Muslim woman to be associated with the discovery of an element? The first disabled person? The first gay person? -- RoySmith (talk) 19:07, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, if there are sources that think that's an important achievement. Kaldari (talk) 03:24, 3 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you Leviv, it is so much easier when someone appreciates the wisdom of three.
1. WBIR. It's a feature article, based on an interview of the subject. Does the author/interviewer (Gabrielle Hays) make any comment? "she broke a barrier"? This is very short but it is something. "While life as a scientist means the work never stops ...". While weak on independence, very weak on author-derived secondary source comment, with the information coming direct from the interviewed subject, there is enough input from the interviewer for me to say Yes, this is across the line from a reformatted interview. I judge this easier because she is not selling her own commercial product.
2. Physics Today. By Claire Jarvis. "Once technicians Clarice Phelps and Shelley Van Cleve are finished...". Is Shelley notable? "Julie Ezold, the program manager for 252Cf production, ensures ...". Is Julie notable? "That’s where Rose Boll comes in. ... Her team includes Phelps, one of many Oak Ridge scientists who came to the lab by way of the US Navy. Phelps grew up within striking distance of ORNL in Tennessee, but after earning her BS she decided the navy’s nuclear submarine program would be her best practical training ground." OK. A bit factual for a secondary source, but it is contextualizing. This information appears to not have come direct from the subject, which is the requirement. The information comes from her boss, not the subject, and the publisher is independent. This is good enough. Caption: "Clarice Phelps purified the berkelium-249 that was used to produce element 117, tennessine. She is thought to be the first African American woman to help discover a chemical element. Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory". Good enough. The source is not mere interview content, and the publisher is not the employer. Yes.
3. Chemistry World. By Katrina Krämer. Notable for not being notable? Ironic. I don't know how to judge this one, wikipedia relying on a source for inclusion when that source refers back to Wikipedia is to take the path of navel gazing. Luckily I said yes to 1 & 2.
--SmokeyJoe (talk) 07:36, 5 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I still have to disagree. Just because the information comes from her boss doesn't make that information independent, plus there's only three sentences in that article that are directly on Phelps. The local news source is literally just a repackaged interview. Neither of these are strong sources. We have no independent confirmation she's notable for what her employer thinks she's notable for - this comes from her employer's press release, and the phrase the secondary Physics Today source uses is "thought to be," she's not yet listed at our article on Tennessine, and she's not listed as a team member in the powerpoint. The notability claim itself is tenuous. SportingFlyer T·C 10:42, 5 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
SportingFlyer, yes, its a very close call. Information from the boss is not independent, but at least it is not direct from the subject. Three sentences about the subject is very little. The local news put just enough creative packaging comment to make it into a secondary source. I think it passes the GNG with paper thin clearance. I give it the benefit of the doubt because it is sciency. If it were the tiniest bit WP:CORP, if there were the briefest mention of any patent, then it would have been no. Contrary to Dmehus below, this is not a strong case on any angle, but an edge case. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 11:23, 5 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
It's not a WP:CORP case, but it is a
WP:NPF, I'd assume we'd want high quality secondary sources, not sources that are closely connected to her organisation/sources which are considered "paper thin". SportingFlyer T·C 07:09, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply
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There are no BLP issues with the draft. As she actively participated in public outreach, was interviewed by appointment for television, WP:NPF is not a hurdle. If she were resisting, if she was a private person, that would be different. —SmokeyJoe (talk) 07:31, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Simmeringer HadEndorse It seems like we have some people who think that there was a consensus that no stand alone article should exist and several more who endorse the "no consensus" assessment of the AFD close (I am counting "I really didn't see anything too much wrong with Fenix down close other than I feel he could of written his close in more details" as an "endorse"). Some people have also raised concerns with the discussion itself, insofar as there may be German-language sources. We don't have a consensus to overturn this into a "merge", by headcount this leans towards endorsing and finely parsing the arguments does not suggest a different outcome. Finally, "no consensus on upholding the no consensus close" isn't that different from "endorse the no consensus close" as both allow for further AFDs or merge discussions Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:29, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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Simmeringer Had (talk|edit|history|logs|links|watch) (XfD|restore)

All vote!s were either Delete or Merge but it was closed as no-consensus. The Original author is blocked as a sock, albeit after this article was created  Velella  Velella Talk   03:10, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  • Overturn to merge- clearly consensus was against having a stand-alone article. Reyk YO! 03:56, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Overturn. I could see closing this as either Delete or Merge, or even Redirect, but NC just doesn't make any sense because it's effectively the same as Keep, and nobody wanted that. -- RoySmith (talk) 04:22, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I still disagree with the original close, but the article has been sufficiently rewritten as to make that moot. I'm still not sure this is notable, but the current version is sufficiently well written and referenced that the original AfD should no longer hold sway. -- RoySmith (talk) 19:00, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Overturn to Merge - It is No Consensus as to whether to Delete or to Merge, but that isn't what No Consensus means. Robert McClenon (talk) 04:53, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • With apologies, I need to relitigate the AFD here. This was an AFD about the stadium of a Viennese football club, and the stadium had an article on de.wiki which rather strongly suggests there's more to this than "delete". The right outcome in en.wiki terms would be a merge to 1. Simmeringer SC and it's a pity there was insufficient discussion to reach that conclusion. I won't fault the closer for closing as no consensus when the discussion stalled without making a decision, though. I'd prefer that we leave the close undisturbed and just pop a merger template on the article; if no one else does, I'll merge when I have leisure.—S Marshall T/C 09:30, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Well, blah. I've gone ahead and added the best English-language source I could find given the DRV respite and cleaned up what appears to be some sort of machine translation. The German language article is frustrating because it's functionally unsourced and not helpful for finding sources. It was the largest stadium in Austria in the 1920s with a capacity of over 40,000 and hosted seven international games as Simmeringer Sportplatz. The rest of the sources I've found are in German, which I'd struggle with, but I'm sure you'd find stories about it in contemporary newspapers if someone can find an Austrian newspaper archive online. I'm also relitigating the AfD here, but it's clearly a notable topic and this whole AfD was a mistake, and this should have been an easy keep with just a little bit of cleanup. SportingFlyer T·C
  • I've now completely overhauled the article. There's a great source at [4] but unfortunately it's a wiki, but it does cite Das große Buch der österreichischen Fußballstadien (The big book of Austrian football stadiums) which I don't have access to but should be considered a RS. I didn't include that source in the article, but there's a lot more to write here. SportingFlyer T·C 13:35, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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