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The result was keep. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 11:54, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Zhenfeng Xi[edit]

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Is this professor sufficiently notable? Based on the text here, it doesn't look like it — although it should be noted that the Chinese Wikipedia article asserts that he is/was the assistant chief editor of Applied Organometallic Chemistry, which, if a major journal, makes him close to qualifying under criterion 8 of WP:PROF. (I do not have sufficient knowledge in this area to know if it is considered a major journal, and in any case, to actually satisfy criterion 8, one has to be the chief editor.) Delete. --Nlu (talk) 14:38, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep: Seems to pass WP:prof. I think his named professorship (Chang Jiang Professor, Peking University) passes WP:prof #5. The article clearly needs tidying and sourcing better. (Msrasnw (talk) 09:40, 23 February 2012 (UTC))[reply]

PS: This source [1] offers us this The Chang Jiang Chair Professorship is awarded competitively to recognize internationally renowned scholars in a specific area of expertise and to foster international collaboration with an institution of higher education in China. (Msrasnw (talk) 09:49, 23 February 2012 (UTC)) Another supporting ref: http://english.fjirsm.cas.cn/ns/es/201104/t20110418_67851.html[reply]

Comment Based on the Chinese Wikipedia article, it appears that what Xi has is membership in the Changjiang Scholars Program, not a chair specifically endowed for Peking University, which I think doesn't put him into #5. --Nlu (talk) 13:32, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

'Reply to comment: Good point. It looks substantially different from US named chairs - as is more a particular to the person - and is for a timescale I think. But Looking here http://www.changjiang.edu.cn/ and with the help of e-translation it seems the award is prestigious and looking elsewhere supports this. Its use, according to our article on the programme itself for ranking unis would seems to support this. Wp:Prof 5 also is a bit broad though:

5. The person holds or has held a named chair appointment or "Distinguished Professor" appointment at a major institution of higher education and research (or an equivalent position in countries where named chairs are uncommon).

Which might be broad enough to accomodate our Chang Jiang Professor, Peking University. Anyway I'll have another look later. Best wishes (Msrasnw (talk) 17:53, 23 February 2012 (UTC))[reply]

Also looking GS there seem to be a lot of well cited publications under his name and in Chemistry (they are joint papers as is normal I think in Chemistry) and all those I have checked seem to be him. So I think it might pass WP:prof on the basis of enough and well enough cited papers. I haven't calculated a H-index but it looks to me likely to be high enough (Msrasnw (talk) 21:13, 23 February 2012 (UTC))[reply]

Keep I think the rank does correspond to the equivalent of a certain degree of distinction even among the full professors, and I think any full professor at his university, one of the most distinguished in the world, would be notable. DGG ( talk ) 03:56, 2 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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