Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elizabeth Rauscher (2nd nomination)
Rauscher's record in physics is remarkably average (e.g. h-index of 5 over a 50 year career). The comment above erroneously argues the founding of the Berkeley_Fundamental_Physics_Group#Fundamental_Physics_Group|Fundamental Physics Group (FPG) toward Rauscher's notability. FPG is not an article itself, but rather a redirect to a paragraph in the Jack Sarfatti article. Rauscher is mentioned in 1 sentence there, though there's no sourcing for her or her role in FPG. In fact, the Kaiser lecture, which is the main source in that paragraph, does not even mention Rauscher at all. It mainly focuses on Jack Sarfatti and Fred Alan Wolf. The argument that articles on other members of FPG exist is nothing more than . In fact, those people ''are'' all demonstrably notable, for example John Clauser (h-index 21, Wolf Prize in Physics), Nick Herbert (physicist)|Nick Herbert (author of ''Quantum reality : beyond the new physics'' with http://www.worldcat.org/title/quantum-reality-beyond-the-new-physics/oclc/11212633&referer=brief_results WorldCat holdings >1500), or Henry Stapp (95 peer-reviewed papers, most 1st authored h-index 16) and their articles are generally well-sourced. Rauscher's record of accomplishment is very obviously not in the league of these folks. Rather, she seems to be more associated lately with Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nassim haramein|Nassim Haramein, whose WP article has been repeatedly deleted for lack of notability. As for the Nature (journal)|Nature source http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v476/n7360/full/476278a.html cited above, the sum total of content there is "They included Elizabeth Rauscher,...(list of others)" &ndash; this the archetypical trivial mention. Indeed, everything one might consider in assessing Rauscher indicates that she's a minor figure at best and not notable in the way WP guidelines require. Respectfully
— User:Agricola44, 17:34, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:WAX (Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions)