Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Robert Pastel


 * 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: delete. — Jeffq 22:45, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Robert Pastel
Not notable. ~ UDScott 19:18, 17 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Vote closed. Result: delete (2 Deletes; 1 Keep from vote-only editor; 1 unsigned vote struck; no source for notability claims cited as requested). ~ Jeff Q (talk) 22:45, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, unless evidence of notability is produced. ~ UDScott 19:18, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, He is known for thirty-two publications, 2 patents, B.S. Mathematics, M.S. Engineering Science, M.S. Computer Science, and a Ph. D. Physics Cearum 19:47, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
 * This vote is user's only edit to date. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 22:45, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, Prof Pastel is one of the most memorable professors to students that have had him at MichiganTech. Pastel’s random quotes inspire students to listen in an abstract but intuitive way. Many people come to class just to hear his odd remarks only a small fraction of which are posted here.
 * Unsigned vote struck (user was warned to sign votes 10 days ago); was newly-registered user's only edit to date. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 22:45, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Understandable admiration by one's students does not qualify as notability for a global quote compendium. (I had a wonderful history prof whose clever quotes were well-known throughout my school, but that doesn't make him WQ-notable, either.) Nor does Pastel have a Wikipedia article. None of the qualifications listed above by Cearum are cited, nor are they evident in a quick Google search, and probably wouldn't raise him above the usual professor-notability threshhold anyway. Furthermore, as is usually the case with university professors with wiki-editing students, there is likely no published source to allow editors to verify the quotes that are included in the article. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 01:49, 28 February 2006 (UTC)


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