Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jonathan Meakins

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. Daniel.Bryant 06:04, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jonathan Meakins

I just don't see why Meakins in notable.

Delete per not noteable enough for wikipedia. Minfo 22:46, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

• This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT 12:22, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. He holds a professorial chair at the University of Oxford, is co-editor of a journal in his field, and member of the Order of Canada. It seems that other people have already recognized him as notable. up+land 12:34, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Order of Canada recipitent. Catchpole 12:36, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Both the current Nuffield Professor of Surgery and, as mentioned, a member of the Order of Canada. The Nuffield Professorship of Surgery at Oxford is an analagous honour (equivalent in stature and notability in their respective fields) to the Lucasian Chair of Mathematics at Cambridge. --Charlene.fic 13:22, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep as per above. Merchbow 15:43, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Holder of a major chair at one of the world's most famous universities and an Officer of the Order of Canada to boot. -- Necrothesp 17:49, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, the Order of Canada is Canada's highest civilian honour, and he's got a prominent position in a famous university. Edward Wakelin 18:04, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per all above. The Order of Canada is not given lightly. Resolute 00:47, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Hopefully the nominator now sees why this person is notable.  ;-) RFerreira 01:16, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
• Comment, oh dear, I normally don't list articles for deletion and this is why. I still slightly unsure of notablity, but I might be missing something. He is a co-editor of an unlinked (although possibly still prestious) journal, has written some papers (as all college professors do), and is a member of the Order of Canada. So I guess he is notable, but hopefully you guys can understand where I'm coming from. Order of Canada, to me, equals an MBE and most of the MBEs do not have articles. Λinfo 03:39, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
  • If they were created (Members of the Order of the British Empire, or Order of Canada, or Royal Society of Canada, or High Society of Country X, or whatever) they would almost certainly be notable due to both the award they recieved, and whatever they did to recieve it.Edward Wakelin 04:56, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
  • He's an Officer (not just a Member) of the Order of Canada, which makes him equivalent to an OBE at least, probably higher since Canada doesn't award knighthoods. In general, I would say that anyone with an OBE is probably notable, although not necessarily those with MBEs. -- Necrothesp 13:14, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
  • A rough guide is that membership of the Order of Canada is roughly equivalent to a UK KBE, officership is equivalent to a baronetcy, and companionship is equivalent to a life peerage. The only medals worn "before" an OC medal are the Victoria Cross and the Cross of Valour. Being an officer in the Order of Canada is almost a guarantee that the individual is notable in his or her field. --Charlene.fic 13:44, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Keep per all above. OddAud 16:41, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

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