A fact from Ian Meadows (archaeologist) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 June 2018 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Ian Meadows discovered both the Anglo-Saxon Pioneer helmet and the first conclusive evidence for viticulture in Roman Britain?
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I am still not seeing how this person satisfies WP:GNG. He seems to be notable for one event - the Pioneer Helmet discovery - and we already have an article for that. Is there any policy-based reason why this should not be a redirect? I'm not even sure it should exist at all but I'd settle for a redirect for now as I suspect that there will be obituaries at some time in the future. - Sitush (talk) 19:27, 20 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose: Although he is indeed associated with a notable event—the discovery of the Wollaston helmet—that is the byproduct of 40 years of archaeological experience. Indeed, non-helmet publications account for nearly half of those listed on his page, and, were one to read the two cited references, one would not find a single mention of the helmet. --Usernameunique (talk) 23:37, 20 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I appreciate that he has written about other stuff. Merely writing about things is not grounds for notability. Look, I am more than happy to see a decent biographical article retained here but I'm a bit doubtful whether it meets GNG. This is not intended to be an adversarial discussion. - Sitush (talk) 23:45, 20 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I have no idea why Category:Publishing appears for this article but it would seem to be some sort of transclusion. Honestly, academics are published - is there really any justification for it, wherever it may come from? Has hepublished anything (a journal, for example) or is he in fact an academic writer who has been published? - Sitush (talk) 23:48, 20 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I've never seen that template used in my 200k edits/10 years here! I see and use {{subscription required}} a lot but the assumption - nor just mine - has always been that if a subscription isn't required then the content is openly available. How odd. - Sitush (talk) 08:35, 21 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
