Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adam Solomon

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The result of the debate was delete. – ABCD 22:55, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Adam Solomon

This article Adam Solomon is about a child born in 1989 that reads like a pseudo-resume. This article is in violation of Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not a soapbox point 6 states: "Self-promotion...A very few somewhat famous Wikipedians have significantly contributed to encyclopedia articles about themselves and their accomplishments, and this has mostly been accepted after some debate. Creating overly abundant links and references to autobiographical articles is not acceptable." [1]

• Delete ASAP. IZAK 21:55, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Vanity. Jayjg ^(talk) 22:55, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• From the article: "This page will be further updated with some of Solomon's philosophic and political musings in the coming days." Oh, no it won't. DELETE, DELETE, DELETE Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 23:00, Mar 24, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Wikipedia is not a host for personal CVs and webpages. Average Earthman 23:20, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. I've removed things that were irrelevant to Solomon's science. It is not just a page for some kid. It's a page about a research scientist who is actively involved in astronomy research, age not withstanding, with a paper to be submitted to The Astronomical Journal by the beginning of the summer. I can point out pages on Wiki for numerous other astronomers, to which I see little difference. The page is now, I believe, purely science-oriented. I apologize for anything outside of the accepted Wiki bounds, but I believe the page is now fine.

Unsigned comment by 207.190.155.115 (talk · contributions)

• • To "User:207.190.155.115" whoever you are: If you want to be taken seriously you should act like any other "normal" and "regular" Wikipedian by getting yourself a regular User's page with an appropriate identity so that people can engage you in a dialogue and not have to resort to sending you ghost signals through these kind of pages. If you are "Adam Solomon" yourself why don't you come out of hiding, unless you are hiding something..? IZAK 06:26, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • To Izak: I was unaware I was supposed to make an account, sorry....all of the IP address edits are mine, I believe, this is the only computer I have access to at the moment. As for international conferences, none, sadly, just planning on submitting to the 2006 AAS meeting.
  • So you're going to submit a paper? So what. I do that regularly - it's my job to. So do most of the people at work. There are plenty of University researchers around, and the vast majority (including myself) are well below the bar needed for this list. Have you been to any international astronomy conferences? The lecturers, with a hundred publications to their name, giving the invited, plenary talks might get on the list. Students who might submit a paper definitely won't. Average Earthman 12:42, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • To Earthman: Delete the page, then, if you want. I got the impression that the bar was quite a bit lower from some of the other astronomer/scientist pages. Sorry.
• Delete. The article still reads like vanity/resume. Google for "Adam Solomon" + astronomy gets 13 hits, so I think we can safely say he is not notable. DaveTheRed 06:03, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• I don't believe there's such a thing as a 16-year-old notable astronomer. Delete.
  • To Anonymous: Well, define astronomer for me. (15, by the way)

Lacrimosus 09:01, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

• Delete vanity CV. Fawcett5 04:04, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Delete for now. Maybe in 10 years or so, if he passes the Average Professor Test, he'll be suitable for an article. --Carnildo 23:06, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • I've heard of the Average Professor Test before--what is it, out of curiosity? Adam
• Assuming that the material in the article is factual, there is a high likelihood that Mr. Solomon will be notable enough for an article at some time in the future. After all, there aren't many fifteen year old astronomers that have gotten much beyond using a telescope in the backyard. Alas, he isn't notable, yet. Delete Dsmdgold 18:05, Mar 31, 2005 (UTC)
  • Well, I've gone quite a bit further than backyard observing, even though I'd agree I'm not notable and, alas, probably shouldn't be on Wiki quite yet. Thanks for the kind words though ;) - Adam Ramparts 19:28, Mar 31, 2005 (UTC)

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