Talk:David Sulzer

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Noteworthy individual?[edit]

In addition to the other concerns stated about this article, I don't see how this individual meets the WP notability standards. For that reason, I think this article should be deleted.

It's easy for grad students and postdocs to think of their advisors and mentors as being more important than they are. It is in their own self-interest to elevate their advisors & mentors as much as possible in order to elevate their own status as students of important professors. But an appearance on the American TV show Nova doesn't make this guy's contributions to research any more important or noteworthy. My own doctoral advisor and my postdoc mentor have both appeared numerous times on American network television, but that alone doesn't satisfy the WP notability standards.

Again, I think this article should be deleted. It appears to be a well intentioned attempt to elevate a good scientist to realms beyond simply being a good scientist. Dcs002 (talk) 01:50, 29 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Noteworthy individual?[edit]

here is profile of the subject in the New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/22/health/brains-of-autistic-children-have-too-many-synapses-study-suggests.html?_r=0

and in New York Times as composer/scientist

http://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/28/arts/one-life-to-live-composer-has-more-one-life-to-live-composer-has-more.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.186.36.130 (talk) 02:53, 13 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Merger proposal[edit]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. A summary of the conclusions reached follows.

The result of this discussion was to merge Chhandama (talk) 04:59, 15 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I propose that Dave Soldier be merged into David Sulzer. They're the same person who has two different careers. Moonboots (talk) 18:55, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with the proposal to merge. This is one person with two careers and a stage name. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 22:38, 2 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

One and the same person. Λeternus ^(talk) 23:26, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with all the others who have commented on the talk page that a merge is in order. The most difficult question is the direction of the merge, the choice being between a stage name (WP:STAGENAME) and a birth name which is commonly known in the field of Neuroscience. I recommend David Sulzer as both names are well known in their different spheres of influence, so the 'best known by' name (WP:NCP) is hard to determine; therefore suggest giving birth name precedence. Klbrain (talk) 01:16, 5 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.