Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fabian Leendertz


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The result was delete. RandomCanadian's argument is the most persuasive per policy and is generally supported. Daniel (talk) 00:07, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

Fabian Leendertz

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I see only passing references to this scientist in the news over the last few days, because they're part of a 13-member WHO team investigating COVID-19. Darouet (talk) 20:40, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Germany-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 20:46, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 20:46, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of COVID-19-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 20:46, 2 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete nothing seems to add up to a passing of notability guidelines for academics.John Pack Lambert (talk) 17:54, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete or redirect to the investigation article for now. Otherwise this person is only notable for one thing as only a part of a group. GPinkerton (talk) 03:37, 4 February 2021 (UTC).
 * Keep this scientist has a significant body of work, and is known also for his work on Ebola, as mentioned here. This article is still a stub and there is a lot more that can be added. ScrupulousScribe (talk) 02:54, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
 * A few more sources mentioning Leendertz's work investigating the origins of the Ebola virus epidemic in Guinea:
 * BBC
 * Guardian
 * NY Times
 * National Geographic
 * SCMP
 * Scientific American
 * Fox News
 * Independent
 * CNBC
 * The Atlantic
 * EMBO
 * McGill Newsroom
 * The Scientist
 * Deutschland.de
 * Robert Koch Inst (primrary source?)
 * He was also interviewed by the Financial Times in this piece:
 * The next pandemic: where is it coming from and how do we stop it?
 * While this article requires more work, I do believe Leendertz is a notable epidemiologist, and not just for his latest involvement in the latest WHO investigations.
 * ScrupulousScribe (talk) 03:19, 5 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete The above source-bombing all seems to be mostly about the same few things (Ebola, there's a few about Covid), and the doctor's name + academic credentials being trivially mentioned due to him being quoted (what appears to be the case from the BBC piece and others) falls well too short of WP:SIGCOV. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 13:12, 9 February 2021 (UTC)


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