Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter Butler (surgeon)


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The result was   keep.   A rbitrarily 0   ( talk ) 01:30, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Peter Butler (surgeon)

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Not particularly notable figure within my field Droliver (talk) 08:28, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep: Per this search. He is definitely notable. Joe Chill (talk) 18:48, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Since every article for over 15 pages is about him, I wonder if the nominator searched for sources. Joe Chill (talk) 23:31, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per Joe Chill, this one looks worthwhile for retention. JBsupreme (talk) 23:29, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Professor of Plastic Surgery at UCL. Certainly adequate references. Seems a clearly major figure in his field. I'll just remark that our standard is "notable" not "particularly notable", so there is actually no valid reason given for deletion.    DGG ( talk ) 01:32, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

replyGoogle hits on a news story about face transplants does not = notability in the field. There is no particularly significant contribution in plastic surgery to Dr. Butler's name and you could find thousands of such nodescript surgeons in academic appointments all over the world. For a surgeon to be wiki-fied for academic achievemnt, IMO they should really be recognized as one of the outstanding figures of the generation. Droliver (talk) 07:07, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment Google hits does not confer notability. As mentioned above, those hits might not refer to the article in question. --Jimbo[online] 10:33, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
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