Deletion of Marvin Ammori

Comment: for reasons cited by Ray and Lau. Subject definitely meets #C7. Agree that the article is currently too promotional, but can easily be fixed
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:PROF)

Comment: but cut down the self-promotional parts. Subject only has GS h-index of 6 and so fails #C1, but passes under #C7 ("Criterion 7 may be satisfied, for example, if the person is frequently quoted in conventional media as an academic expert in a particular area. A small number of quotations, especially in local news media, is not unexpected for academics and so falls short of this mark."), since he is frequently interviewed and provides information to mainstream press sources regarding cyberlaw, including the Washington Post http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2010/11/video_battle_over_the_future_o.html, the Mercury News http://www.siliconbeat.com/2008/07/14/podcast-interview-with-marvin-ammori-of-free-press-about-fcc-comcast-decision/, and was profiled on the first page by the Philadelphia Inquirer http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1244C76CE80289D8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:PROF||WP:PROF)

Comment: Basically, for the reasons already stated, that this is clearly a self-promotional entry.  Also, I cannot agree that this entry passes under #C7 while so utterly failing #C1. Let's return to the criteria in #C7: "The person has made substantial impact outside academia in their academic capacity." Can we really truly say that a person who is cited in *literally* a handful of stories meets the criteria of "substantial impact outside academia"? I think not. Also, it should be pointed out, that the articles cited by Ray were very old-- the WaPO story is 2010, and Mercury News piece is 2008, and the PhilInq story is 2009. Thus, the subject fails the "frequently quoted" requirement. This isn't a case of an academic working in a "local media" environment. The subject claims expertise in national/federal regulatory policy. IMHO, this article fails #C1, #C7, and thus Wikipedia:BIO|WP:BIO and Wikipedia:Notability|WP:Notability
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:PROF||WP:PROF||WP:PROF||WP:PROF||WP:PROF)

Comment: notable person, but edit promotional parts. I think the annoying promotional language has clouded some judgment about the subject’s profile. Subject does likely fail #C1, but Subject is a very well-known person who clearly meets #C7 or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:BIO#Any_biography WP:ANYBIO. Many of the arguments for “delete” are mistaken. User Category Mistake is mistaken that the subject is quoted in “*literally* a handful of stories.” Subject’s http://ammori.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/marvin_ammori_resume-cv-2011.pdf academic CV from 2011 is online and shows (pages 9-12) what looks like 70-100 citations and media appearances as an expert before 2011 (over a dozen in the Washington Post alone, others in the NYT and WSJ). A Google News search today, March 15, 2013, shows several entries (including Der Spiegel and TechPresident, as well as an article by Subject in Slate). Some quick searches reveal far more than a handful of articles even in 2012 and 2013, after the CV. Striking13 disputes that the subject “’first proposed’ the Protests against SOPA and PIPA|SOPA Blackout.”  This is a mistaken concern because that is not what the article says. The article says he first proposed a holiday/activism event one year later (whether or not that event itself is noteworthy). That he was deeply involved in the SOPA Blackout is clear from the Fast Company profile. (It is unclear why Striking13 is so sure that profile was “badly sourced.”) There are other indications he was deeply involved in fighting SOPA, including a http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-01-18/SOPA-PIPA-protest-reaction/52641560/1 USA Today story on the day of the blackout. Striking13 also says: “Nor is there any independent evidence of the subject's notoriety or recognition for ‘net neutrality’, ‘copyright’, or ‘Google's anti-trust investigation’, among academics, lawyers, or other experts, more generally” Net neutrality. The Subject is recognized for net neutrality, if any practicing lawyer in America is. The most important (perhaps only) major network neutrality case in the US is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comcast_Corp._v._FCC#Significance_of_the_decision this case. http://articles.philly.com/2008-07-31/news/25246196_1_comcast-customers-marvin-ammori-jonathan-s-adelstein This profile confirms that he handled the case. The person who handled Citizens United is recognized in campaign finance law. This point is perhaps Subject’s strongest. Copyright. Sopa involved copyright. Google anti-trust; this one required some searching. This article in Forbes (written by another academic) mentions the hiring of “big brand-name paid influencers for Google: http://aei.org/files/2012/10/05/-what-does-the-chicago-school-teach-about-internet-search-and-the-antitrust-treatment-of-google_132249480630.pdf Robert Bork (recently deceased), http://www.volokh.com/2012/05/09/first-amendment-protection-for-search-engine-search-results/ Eugene Volokh, http://ammorigroup.com/clients/ Marvin Ammori.” Thus, the article, a post-mortem of the case, suggests that the Subject is a “brand-name,” and worth mentioning for the case. Subject is also mentioned in http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=26C96A5E-6F76-4182-922F-85A091DFD79E this article about how Google beat the feds.” Quotes on the http://www.amazon.com/On-Internet-Freedom-ebook/dp/B00B1MQZNW Subject’s book, from prominent academics and Internet activists, are not drafted by the Subject and help corroborate the other sources above, though they are fairly general. Yes, the article appears promotional, but the Subject clearly meets #C7. Edit not delete
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:PROF||WP:PROF||WP:PROF)