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Speedy deletion nomination of Wikipedia:Peter Stone (professor)
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Speedy deletion nomination of Peter Stone (professor)
editHello Bradknox,
I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Peter Stone (professor) for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly say why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.
If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.
You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Deunanknute (talk) 01:40, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
Disputing speedy deletion
editHi, Deunanknute. Thanks for taking your time to make sure Wikipedia remains high quality. This article is my first, so I'm still learning how to navigate the norms of Wikipedia. I apologize if it looked like a test page of some sort. It most certainly is not a test page. I created this page for a highly recognized colleague, Peter Stone. Some of his peers, with similar notability, already have Wikipedia pages, including Michael Littman and Richard S. Sutton. The IJCAI Computers and Thought Award that Peter received is arguably the highest award someone can receive in the field of artificial intelligence.
Instead of deleting this page, I ask that you instead guide me on what exactly is needed for it to qualify as an acceptable page. From my perspective as a researcher in AI, his notability is clear from the honors he's received. To meet the standards of the Wikipedia community, perhaps I need to explicitly explain the prestige of the IJCAI Computers and Thought Award and of anything else that particularly stands out.