Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bruce William Smith


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The result was   delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:14, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

Bruce William Smith

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Nonnotable dentist. Wile E. Heresiarch (talk) 21:41, 19 November 2011 (UTC)
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 * Leaning toward delete on grounds of WP:BIO. There are severe problems with the sources provided. Reference #1 is self-referential, #6 is a dead link, and reference #2 appears to be a circular reference to the Wikipedia article itself - which was apparently written by two students based on an interview with Smith himself, so again not independent. However, references #4 and 5 are mainstream articles from 1987 about him treating AIDS patients. Unfortunately they are not linked and can't be found at Google News, so I can't evaluate them, but they sound like they are significantly about him or his practice. Those articles might be considered as evidence of notability or simply as WP:ONEEVENT. Nothing found at Google Scholar. --MelanieN (talk) 16:24, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, HJ Mitchell  &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   00:57, 28 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete -- The article has WP:BLP concerns Mohamed Aden Ighe (talk) 01:12, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete not a notable person. Kurdo777 (talk) 09:43, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
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