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The result was Withdrawn by nominator. New info has come to light. I withdraw. (non-admin closure) Basalisk ^{inspect damage}⁄_berate 01:44, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sridhar Tayur (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log • Stats)

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At first look, the article looks kosher. However, the sources used aren't specifically about him, and when I checked google the only pages I could find about him were either from his employing organisations (the notability of which is questionable in itself) and personally published sources (such as his twitter account). There are NO news results for him. Basalisk ^{inspect damage}⁄_berate 00:42, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:45, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:46, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I don't agree. Prof. Sridhar Tayur served as President of MSOM, a professional organization in the field of Operations Management with more than 3000 members. Or check the following Fortune magazine article for his work: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/10/30/290626/index.htm In that article, he was named by the Fortune magazine as one of the "four masters of supply-chain efficiency." Also, Carnegie Mellon University's notability is NOT questionable at all, at least for anyone in the U.S..

Sources (even prestigious ones) which merely mention the subject are not sufficient - the coverage must be significant and plentiful. Basalisk ^{inspect damage}⁄_berate 00:58, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Also, please check the following media reports: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/news/new-pittsburgh-well-funded-smartops-helping-firms-with-supply-chain-management-519575/ http://www.scienceofbetter.org/podcast/tayur.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tldai (talk • contribs) 01:01, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yet again, those are just passing mentions. The only available material mainly written about him are published by his employers. Basalisk ^{inspect damage}⁄_berate 01:03, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Those are NOT passing mentions! In the Fortune article, he was one of the four main subjects! The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette articles were solely about him and his company! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tldai (talk • contribs) 01:06, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please also check INFORMS's interview with him in 2011: http://www.scienceofbetter.org/podcast/tayur.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tldai (talk • contribs) 01:12, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I strongly object to the proposal of removing this entry. Dr. Tayur's work has significantly influence all over the country. At Darden School of Business, University of Virginia (This is a top 10 business school and NOT his organization), for example, he has been featured by an MBA case: https://store.darden.virginia.edu/business-case-study/smartops-corporation-forging-smart-alliances-4615 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tldai (talk • contribs) 01:18, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Tayur's book "Quantitative Models for Supply Chain Management" has been one of the most popular supply chain management books, and has been cited more than 400 times: http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=sridhar+tayur+Quantitative+Models+for+Supply+Chain+Management&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart&sa=X&ei=Wr_KT8-oLoWm6gHU9dgB&ved=0CEYQgQMwAA — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tldai (talk • contribs) 01:35, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Hmm, I didn't realise he'd written a book...cue embarrassing climb-down. My apologies. Basalisk ^{inspect damage}⁄_berate 01:43, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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