Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Onsager Medal

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. SarahStierch (talk) 19:19, 11 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Onsager Medal

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No evidence of "independent" notability, created by User:Rajpaj who is indefinitely blocked for "Creating attack, nonsense or other inappropriate pages". Had not seen any edit for last 2 years. Solomon7968 (talk) 22:27, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Changing my AFD criteria. I listed it for deletion as I thought it was a fringe award. But given the recent improvements by User:Barney the barney barney I am convinced the award is notable enough to deserve a wikipedia entry. Solomon7968 (talk) 21:57, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Norway-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:13, 20 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:14, 20 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. As per nom, notability not established. PS please avoid judging it based on which editors have contributed. 1292simon (talk) 10:51, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Norwegian University of Science and Technology. It's verifiable but I'n not seeing coverage about this award that indicates it is a notable one. -- Whpq (talk) 18:49, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:35, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment can we identify who the previous recipients of this medal were? At the moment we only have the 2013 award. If this is a lifetime award type academic award, it is likely to be useful as a list of biographies to work on. With this info, the article can be complete otherwise it will be incomplete and have little prospect of being completed. Barney the barney barney (talk) 09:27, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- I have now completed it with the list of the other awardees. Looking at who it's been presented to, it certainly looks like a pretty significant award. Such awards are often not covered in the media, but are significant. Sir Brian Pippard, Sir Michael Berry and Rodney Baxter all list the medal amongst their achievements in Who's Who, so it's significant to them, and they are significant. There is also some press coverage if you look for it, so for me that's enough to vote keep. Some of the bios are missing but they can be filled out. Barney the barney barney (talk) 10:11, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry to sound harsh, but even with these improvements, the topic is not proven as notable. 1292simon (talk) 04:01, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but it meets the criteria for lists. It is essentially a very brief description of the awards and a list of recipients. Barney the barney barney (talk) 22:37, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

How so? The Onsager Medal has not been established as notable, so why would a list of its recpients be notable? -- Whpq (talk) 04:03, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, czar · · 07:35, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep More foreign language sources at Google.[1] And google books has some mentions as well if you follow the link. The mention in secondary and tertiary sources lends to GNG. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 04:14, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. As judged by its recipients, the award is notable. Xxanthippe (talk) 22:43, 10 June 2013 (UTC).[reply]

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