Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Howard Bellin


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The result was keep. Some reasonable sources provided during the debate, sufficient to bring this over the line. Euryalus (talk) 12:24, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

Howard Bellin

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Non notable plastic surgeon. His book is in only 113 libraries; his second seems to be self-published. For a plastic surgeon to be featured on a few TV programs means he has a good PR agent and nothing more. He does seem to know a number of notable people, but that doesn't count much here.  DGG ( talk ) 21:06, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. Howard Bellin actually has been one of New York's best known plastic surgeons going back to the 1960s, although some of this notoriety related to his colorful role in New York society and his tempestuous open marriages to model Christina Paolozzi Bellin, who was noted among other things for being the first model to pose nude in Harper's Bazaar.  A 1993 Washington Post article sums up nicely: Bellin "was for a long time one of the city's major jet-setters, married to a wealthy countess with whom he had a well-publicized open marriage that lasted 18 years before their first divorce. Then she developed a brain tumor and they remarried, and divorced again when she seemed to be recovering. She died in 1988.  He was also once famous for having been sued successfully by a woman who claimed he misaligned her belly button during tummy tuck surgery. She was awarded $854,219, later reduced to $200,000, but he said in newspaper stories at the time that his business had boomed as a result of all the publicity. But that was a long time ago. Now Bellin, 52, is repairing ripped earlobes, although he says 'rhinoplasty and breast implantation is what I do best.'"   The usual searches reveal multiple sources that say as much. --Arxiloxos (talk) 23:10, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
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 * Delete as I also found only a few pieces of coverage, nothing beyond convincing at all. SwisterTwister   talk  06:03, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, st170e talk 01:31, 8 June 2016 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Spirit of Eagle (talk) 05:22, 15 June 2016 (UTC)

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 * Keep – The subject passes WP:BASIC per a review of available sources from the 1970s and also in contemporary times. Source examples are listed below. North America1000 01:57, 23 June 2016 (UTC)


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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 21:44, 25 June 2016 (UTC)


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