Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark A. Kukucka


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was 'delete. Userfication will be provided upon request. ÷seresin 05:28, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Mark A. Kukucka

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Claims to notability seem to be winning a cadet award (in common with 1700 others) and having research papers cited 'over 150 times'. The vast majority of the article is and will remain unreferenced because there simply are no sources available, and therefore fails WP:V. Those few sentences that can be referenced are but weak claims to notability. (Article is largely an autobiography). ninety:one 20:42, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Strong delete . This is a conflict of itnerest article of a doctor that is not apparently notable. -- Dennis The Tiger   (Rawr and stuff) 21:08, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Change !vote to Userfy as per discussion below with the good doctor. -- Dennis The Tiger  (Rawr and stuff) 15:44, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - Fulfills WP:BIO with his numerous awards. Most notably the Carl Andrew Spaatz award which is only awarded to %0.05 of cadets.  Besides his award, he also fulfills (in my opinion) point 1 of WP:ACADEMIC as he's been cited over 150 times according to Scopus.  Personally, I believe that the awards alone make him notable but he seems to have made a significant impact on his scholarly discipline.  There's been over 1700 Oscars and Grammy's awarded, that doesn't make the winners any less notable.  Also, the fact that it was first written by the subject obviously provides a COI (which is why I tagged it for a COI) but I have been editing the article and will continue to after this AfD (if it's kept) to make sure that the COI is done away with.  I also believe that the subject understands the COI and has been working through me to add new information as seen on the talk page.  Ol Yeller  Talktome 21:50, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Winning an Oscar is slightly more important, and notable, than achieving the next level in your air cadet course. ninety:one 22:20, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
 * delete. Relatively nonnotable awards for general-purpose achievements but without particular notability (at least nothing to write about the awards; probably "for outstanding bla-bla-bla"): a good cadet, so what? Twri (talk) 22:56, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:00, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

To make a determination about notability, please consider the following academic book which Kukucka authored and Virginia Tech published as noted at: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28529198
 * Keep - if my vote counts! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dvmphd (talk • contribs) 18:15, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Book Title: Mechanisms by which hypoxia augments Leydig cell viability and differentiated cell function in vitro - http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06062008-170416 - this peer-reviewed academic book is composed of 8 chapters; five of the 8 chapters were subsequently published as independent peer-reviewed research articles as noted at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=DetailsSearch&term=Kukucka+MA Wikipedia first notes that "common sense should prevail" while continuing "notability should rely on (among other things)... how widely the book is cited by other academic publications" as found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(books)#Academic_books
 * Scopus and ninety:one have noted that my published works have been cited 'over 150 times!'

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 * Billy Mitchell Award in 1975
 * Amelia Earhart Award in 1976
 * General Carl A. Spaatz Award (#569) in 1981
 * Ira C. Eaker Award ex post facto in 1981
 * General Charles E. Yeager Aerospace Award in 2009