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The result was keep. The Bushranger One ping only 05:55, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Anisur Khuda-Bukhsh[edit]

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Fails WP:PROF. The only independent source that names him is Scroll.in, describing an industry event of no actual significance. His claim to fame is a paper from a dozen years ago purporting to show that homeopathic arsenic can cure arsenic poisoning. This has not been replicated. That does not necessarily disqualify him from notability - Jacques Benveniste is known primarily for his fraudulent work on homeopathy - but in Benveniste's case we have non-trivial coverage in substantial sources, whereas here we have only clickbait. Guy (Help!) 17:32, 7 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Fraud? Guy, your defamation is awful. The Benveniste experiments never shown fraud: Mr. Randi said: "Their report avoided any charge of fraud". Guy, Wikipedia need bans the pseudoskeptik liars. 67.171.65.25 (talk) 10:58, 17 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I think he meets WP:PROF. His h-index is 32, which is pretty high, and he holds the Emeritus professor position in India, which is the one of the highest academic positions in India. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Emeritus_Professors_in_India. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.171.65.23 (talk) 15:37, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I added few external links like an article in New Scientist, which is a prestigious science magazine, covering his research, and a very recent (2015, Nov) mention in Nature Asia. With an h-index of 32 and a research mention as recent as November, 2015, doesn't seem to me that his "claim to fame" is just one "paper from a dozen years ago". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.171.65.23 (talk) 16:25, 9 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 03:23, 14 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep per 67.171.65.23 (come create an account and join us!) -- the references to the quality of work in New Scientist and Nature Asia check out. AGF on the high h-index, especially given the difficulty in establishing notability in Indian research sources and WP:BIAS this looks like a clear pass to me. -- Michael Scott Cuthbert (talk) 06:02, 14 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Keep - per the ip and Michael Scott Cuthbert's analysis. Meets ACADEMIC/SCHOLAR. Onel5969 TT me 13:48, 21 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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