Deletion of Reuven Bar-On

Comment: The 2004 MIT Press book ''Emotional Intelligence: Science and Myth'' says: "While Daniel Goleman|Goleman's name is rightfully associated with the popularization of EI, equally influential has been the work of Reuven Bar-On"https://books.google.com/books?id=Fy9gXBgREtQC&lpg=PA15&dq=Reuven%20Bar-On%20%22emotional%20intelligence%22&pg=PA15#v=onepage&q=Reuven%20Bar-On%20%22emotional%20intelligence%22&f=false, and it has an extensive discussion of his work, although not all of this is visible in GBooks. The rancorous talk page discussion includes assertions that he is not frequently cited, but I am puzzled by that given that GScholar turns up nearly 2,000 references.  The talk page discussion, in which the subject himself appears to be a participant, also touches on whether the overall topic of emotional intelligence is fringe science, in the Wikipedia sense as discussed at . So I don't view this as presenting a serious question of ''notability''.  Given the extensive sources, it appears to me that this might be better handled, at least for now, by using Wikipedia:Fringe theories/Noticeboard to seek wider participation in the talk page discussion, with the goal of improving this content through use of the appropriate independent reliable sources and ameliorating any concerns about |conflict of interest, rather than trying to erase it using AfD
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Cited policy: Wikipedia:Fringe theories (WP:FRINGE||WP:COI)