Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/German Martinez Hidalgo


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The result was   keep. NW ( Talk ) 01:53, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

German Martinez Hidalgo

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Non-notable, unreferenced bio --  李博杰   | —Talk contribs email 06:48, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. Notability not established.--Karljoos (talk) 10:42, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep He is not an academic scientist: I cannot find anyone of that name in Web of Science, including all backfiles. He appears to be a columnist in what is a major Mexican newspaper, and that can be verified in Google easily enough: More to the point of notability, there's a third party obit from what seems a reliable source independent : [El Sol de Puebla], which discusses a conference  and exhibition in his honor. There's also a very long obit in a left-wing magazine:  and a mention in  one in english  . I almost didn't try, because I assumed Google wouldn't have anything. There are even 2 in google News . I think a equivalent US columnist might be accepted.    DGG ( talk ) 16:41, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.  —David Eppstein (talk) 02:47, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per DGG. From article at the National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics website, he appears to have been "Director de [Escuela] Normal Superior del Estado de Puebla" and to have founded the Instituto Tecnológico de Puebla. google translation. The article suggests that this is a pseudonym, this doesn't seem correct as the ref above describes his parentage.   Although I couldn't find any either, academic publications may exist under some slightly different name. John Z (talk) 06:07, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. Erroneous Google translation. The Spanish source does not claim that he founded the Instituto Tecnológico de Puebla. Only that he was a professor at the time it was founded ("maestro fundador"). There were actually several people who were in this position (List of "personal fundador" at the ITPuebla website). CronopioFlotante (talk) 10:32, 26 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep per DGG. CronopioFlotante (talk) 10:40, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. I rewrote the article improving grammar and correcting some information based on the sources I found. As John Z discovered, his name is not a pseudonym, at least as far as his last names are concerned. Also, according to the obituaries he was born in the state of Puebla, Mexico, so I changed that as well. --CronopioFlotante (talk) 21:26, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
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