Talk:Arne Slettebak

Arne Slettebak is currently a Physics and astronomy good article nominee. Nominated by Sgubaldo (talk) at 20:25, 24 July 2024 (UTC) An editor has indicated a willingness to review the article in accordance with the good article criteria. Further reviews are welcome from any editor who has not contributed significantly to this article (or nominated it), and can be added to the review page, but the decision whether or not to list the article as a good article should be left to the first reviewer. Short description: Naturalized American astronomer (1925–1999)

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Nominator: Sgubaldo (talk · contribs) 20:25, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Ldm1954 (talk · contribs) 22:23, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I will review this shortly. However, one thing strikes me immediately -- notability! As currently structured this is unclear. Did he get any major awards? Where is there a good source of his publications and citations? What papers by others demonstrate his impact, beyond the orbituary? I will be happier if you handle those first as I am not comfortable about doing a GAR when notability is not 200% obvious. Ldm1954 (talk) 22:23, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No major awards that I'm aware of. I couldn't find a source that listed all his publications and citations in on place. I sent this article through AfC a while ago, but my thought process at the time on his notability was that he scraped through by being director of two observatories, a member of the International Astronomical Union and a councilor (and I believe therefore also a memebr) of the American Astronomical Society. I suppose I'm not opposed to AfD if you think it's needed. Sgubaldo (talk) 23:56, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

He may scrape by, and normally we don't require proof. However, I think for GA we need more. Can you do an ISI search or simiar? Maybe a boring hand count of his pubs via GS? Ldm1954 (talk) 00:04, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]