Talk:Lorenz Cederbaum

He is not only a superb scientist, but also a nice person.

Review comments
Some suggestions for improvement as the article is expanded:

Espresso Addict 00:33, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Template:Infobox Scientist should be added
 * Photograph should be added from a source with a free license
 * Article needs expanding and should emphasise reasons for notability of subject
 * Information on research should be converted into prose and expanded, and references required
 * References should be added, preferably in the inline format

Notability
I'd like the original author of the article, provided they still participate in the project, to give a rationale for Cederbaum's notability. However enamoured I myself am with chemistry (being a student of it at RWTH Aachen University), and specifically with the sub-discipline of physical chemistry, nevertheless I question the academic value of this article. While Cederbaum may be a great researcher and a competent teacher, I fail to see his specific notability in his field - neither in the article nor in the externally linked pages. He seems like a generic university professor to me.

By comparison, I could create articles on Prof. Dr. Ulrich Simon (anorganic chemistry: metal and semiconductor nanostructures, biomolecular materials, hydrogen fuel cells), Prof. Dr. Richard Dronskowski (quantum chemistry and solid state chemistry) or Prof. Dr. Arne Lüchow (theoretical chemistry: ab initio calculations of molecular structures, mathematical modelling of chemical processes), all hailing from the RWTH, as I believe them to be experts in their respective fields and great lecturers. However, I severely doubt that any of them merits encyclopedic mention...(though you can gladly convince me of the opposite ;) ).

As a conclusion, I'd like the author(s) to give a detailed rationale on why Cederbaum is notable and worthy of inclusion in the encyclopedia. In case this does not happen after a period of 4-5 weeks, I will submit a RfD. Vargher (talk) 03:22, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 09:59, 10 November 2007 (UTC)