Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Devyn Smith


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The result was   delete. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone  02:21, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Devyn Smith

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Per WP:PROF, some good, solid publications, such as and, but no significant academic positions, editorships or awards I can find, and doesn't appear to have had the time to produce a lasting influence. Looks like a promising young scientist, but not an established leader in this field. Tim Vickers (talk) 18:07, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions.   —Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:36, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.   —Tim Vickers (talk) 19:25, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep I think the authors publications, especially the Nature paper, are just enough to establish a significant impact in their scholarly discipline, thus passing the first criterion of WP:PROF. -Atmoz (talk) 22:22, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Good work, but just as a doctoral student of Tabin, who was senior author on all the papers. The only heavily cited ones are those where Smith was just a member of the research group with a middle position in the authorship. A Nature paper is not necessarily notable: the one here has only had 19 references to it in the 10 years since publication.   As for his current significance, becoming recognized as... is a key marker for non-notability. As an academic, one who left the profession right after his PhD to become a so far non notable businessman--if he becomes notable at that, It'll be another matter entirely.  The person who needs an article is Clifford Tabin, who has had a very notable impact as a developmental biologist. DGG (talk) 03:53, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. I wasn't sure what to make of the Nature ref, myself. And as I mentioned on the article creator's Talk page, I was struck by how Smith was being positioned not as a notable researcher but as a "Principal" of an apparently non-notable firm (article on Barry frankel (sic) speedied; article on Frankel group (again, sic) well on its way to failing Afd). Shawn in Montreal (talk) 04:14, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per DGG's analysis to which I have nothing to add. --Crusio (talk) 07:02, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:02, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. Does not seem to pass notability requirements under WP:PROF, as shown by DGG, or WP:BIO. In addition to the points made above, citation impact seems to be low.--Eric Yurken (talk) 02:52, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * delete per DGG's thoughts. Pete.Hurd (talk) 18:50, 18 February 2009 (UTC)


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