Talk:Guy Olivier Faure

This article must adhere to the biographies of living persons (BLP) policy, even if it is not a biography, because it contains material about living persons. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libellous. If such material is repeatedly inserted, or if you have other concerns, please report the issue to this noticeboard.

If you are a subject of this article, or acting on behalf of one, and you need help, please see this help page.

Biography: Science and Academia

	Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
	This article is supported by the science and academia work group.

Sociology

	Society portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Sociology, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of sociology on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.SociologyWikipedia:WikiProject SociologyTemplate:WikiProject Sociologysociology articles
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.

Contested deletion[edit]

This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because:

- The A7 criteria does not apply to this article because it has a credible claim of significance or importance, which is BOTH

i) supported by a reliable source

The article contains ample evidence that the subject is a leading authority in the topics discussed in the article, as proven by a number of inline citations, and further underscored by a rather extensive list of publications.

AND

ii) qualifies on Wikipedia's notability guidelines

The subject is a professor, notable in his domain, has held academic or research positions in various academic research institutes and thus qualifies under the notability criteria for academics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(academics)

FURTHERMORE

The A7 criteria would not apply "even if the claim is not supported by a reliable source or does not qualify on Wikipedia's notability guidelines."

Since there is at the very least a credible claim, the A7 criteria should not have been applied in the first place as stated here: "It is irrelevant whether the claim of notability within the article is not sufficient for the notability guidelines. If the claim is credible, the A7 tag can not be applied. Often what seems non-notable to a new page patroller is shown to be notable in a deletion discussion."

Olafgustavsson (talk) 15:00, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]