Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edward Yazbak (2nd nomination)


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The result was   delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:15, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

Edward Yazbak
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This BLP does not have any significant independent reliable sources to create a reliable biographical encyclopedia entry from. The only Google book/scholar/news searches describe his opposition to vaccination, but do not show why he is notable himself. This has turned his biography page into a WP:COATRACK for his views. Without significant independent source, he fails notability guidelines. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yobol (talk • contribs)


 * No objection to deletion. He's not noteworthy for his accomplishments as a scientist or as a physician, and he doesn't seem to be particularly important among the anti-vaccine charlatans.  PubMed returns eight hits, six of which appear to be letters to journal editors, and two are articles in the non-peer-reviewed pseudoscience repository Medical Hypotheses.  Among (the relatively few) conspiracy-theorist physicians who spread panic about measles vaccination and imaginary conditions like autistic enterocolitis, individuals like Andrew Wakefield have garnered far more news coverage and had far greater influence.  Yazbak seems to be a minor gadfly who has been influenced and guided by the better-known wingnuts of the field; he doesn't appear to be noteworthy in and of himself. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 02:27, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete: Seems to clearly fail WP:BIO and WP:PROF. I don't see evidence of significant coverage in independent, reliable sources. MastCell Talk 02:56, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions.  — —Tom Morris (talk) 10:01, 8 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete. Of minor notoriety in the MMR vaccine wars. JFW &#124; T@lk  20:31, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 02:48, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
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