Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Andrew Lam (ophthalmologist)


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The result was delete‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. Star  Mississippi  01:32, 6 May 2023 (UTC)

Andrew Lam (ophthalmologist)

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Coverage of Lam in secondary sources is relatively minor. Much of the sources seem to stem from primary sources (i.e. libraries which have published his works) or local newspapers familiar with Lam. Does not fulfill criterion (1), (2), or (4) of WP:AUTHOR, (3) may be possible, though no evidence of widespread coverage in reviews. GuardianH (talk) 19:06, 21 April 2023 (UTC)


 * A major contributor to the article, @Y69up02, may have a connection to the subject. GuardianH (talk) 19:11, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  23:45, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Academics and educators, Authors, Illinois,  and Pennsylvania.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 19:42, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Delete This person has written books that were published by indie publishers and one won an indie book award. He was once given a few minutes of air time on PBS. None of the sources or books reviews are of the level that we would usually consider to confer notability. Given the number of book titles published yearly (over 300,000 in the US) mere authorship is not enough to establish notability. Publishing by major publishers and reviews in national sources, with a bonus for making a best-seller list, is needed. Lamona (talk) 02:26, 1 May 2023 (UTC)


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