Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dumitru Otovescu


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The result was delete.  MBisanz  talk 02:55, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

Dumitru Otovescu

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No real indication of notability, as defined by WP:PROF. In terms of the sources presented, we can safely start by discarding the résumé, the directory entry hosted by the subject's employer and the site of the subject's publishing house. Moving on, I'm distinctly unimpressed by the local news briefs. The first has some quotes of a speech the subject gave on the occasion of his faculty's 12th anniversary, while the second basically indicates he took part in a conference. In other words, neither indicates particularly noteworthy academic achievement. The final link indicates he won a prize from the Romanian Academy, and while this is certainly not to be dismissed, the fact is that the Academy hands out a total of seventy-seven annual prizes. To be sure, some of the recipients are notable, but I rather doubt all of them are so, per WP:NACADEMICS point 2. In sum, then, the subject is respected and has has some achievements in his field, but does not appear to rise to an encyclopedic level of notability. - Biruitorul Talk 20:24, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete: Biruitorul seems to have the right of this. Only one of the present sources really qualifies as RS for the purposes of establishing notability, and unfortunately, it's little more than a blurb. I did some brief searches and did not turn up anything more significant.  It could be that someone more familiar with Romanian academic media could turn more up, but on the analysis of what we have on hand presently, this article seems to fail both WP:PROF and WP:GNG.  S n o w  let's rap 03:34, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. /wiae  /tlk  04:04, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Romania-related deletion discussions. /wiae  /tlk  04:04, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
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 * Delete as still questionable at best and no better signs of a better article here, best deleted for now. SwisterTwister   talk  22:07, 29 March 2016 (UTC)


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