Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter Hurley (doctor)


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The result was no consensus. slakr \ talk / 08:27, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

Peter Hurley (doctor)

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An accomplished but otherwise non notable doctor. Lacks coverage in independent reliable sources. duffbeerforme (talk) 07:56, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete. No especial notability. Looks like a memorial. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:05, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
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 * Delete No indication of notability. Yet another in the plethora of articles about St Peter's College old boys who clearly fail WP:N. DerbyCountyinNZ  (Talk Contribs) 04:01, 19 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete I have used the search term "Peter Hurley nz -photographer" (without the quotation marks, of course) on Google to see what shows up, and Dr Hurley does not appear to have an online presence of a contemporary person who meets notability criteria.  Schwede 66  06:06, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete per Duffbeerforme clearly  not notable.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 06:41, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep He made an important contribution to the development of nuclear medicine in Auckland. I have referenced a published history with a description of his role. He is notable as a pioneer of nuclear medicine rather than as a photographer.Rick570 (talk) 22:22, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Apart from tidying up an already existing department at a hospital exactly what did he pioneer in the field of nuclear medicine. There is nothing in the biography to make him particularly notable. NealeFamily (talk) 09:05, 24 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Comment found some sources. Leading number is # cites according to google scholar:
 * 477 Strauss, H. William, Barry L. Zaret, Peter J. Hurley, T. K. Natarajan, and Bertram Pitt. "A scintiphotographic method for measuring left ventricular ejection fraction in man without cardiac catheterization." The American journal of cardiology 28, no. 5 (1971): 575-580.
 * 248 Zaret, Barry L., H. William Strauss, Peter J. Hurley, T. K. Natarajan, and Bertram Pitt. "A noninvasive scintiphotographic method for detecting regional ventricular dysfunction in man." New England Journal of Medicine 284, no. 21 (1971): 1165-1170.
 * 99 Scott, P. J., and P. J. Hurley. "The distribution of radio-iodinated serum albumin and low-density lipoprotein in tissues and the arterial wall." Atherosclerosis 11, no. 1 (1970): 77-103.
 * 115 Pritchard, David A., Bramah N. Singh, and Peter J. Hurley. "Effects of amiodarone on thyroid function in patients with ischaemic heart disease." British heart journal 37, no. 8 (1975): 856-860.
 * 93 Hurley, Peter J. "Red cell and plasma volumes in normal adults." Journal of nuclear medicine: official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine 16, no. 1 (1975): 46-52.
 * 72 Smith, H. J., B. N. Singh, R. M. Norris, M. B. John, and P. J. Hurley. "Changes in myocardial blood flow and ST segment elevation following coronary artery occlusion in dogs." Circulation research 36, no. 6 (1975): 697-705.
 * 59 Scott, P. J., and P. J. Hurley. "Demonstration of individual variation in constancy of 24-hour urinary creatinine excretion." Clinica chimica acta 21, no. 3 (1968): 411-414.
 * Not sure, but leaning keep. User:Rick570, Do you want to do the work to integrate these works? I strongly suggest that you work out how to use google scholar if you're going to be writing about academics. Stuartyeates (talk) 09:23, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Not sure, but leaning keep. User:Rick570, Do you want to do the work to integrate these works? I strongly suggest that you work out how to use google scholar if you're going to be writing about academics. Stuartyeates (talk) 09:23, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep He probably satisfies WP:ACADEMIC, as the founder of a department of nuclear medicine and a co-author of quite a few highly-cited articles. Unfortunately all of the article's references are offline so they can't really be evaluated, but for someone who died in 1983 that's not too surprising. It sounds as if he gets a significant chapter in the Bruce White book; presumably the Auckland Star and New Zealand Herald articles are obits which also suggests at least some notability. I am inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt. --MelanieN (talk) 22:11, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
 * founded? Really? duffbeerforme (talk) 13:02, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, T. Canens (talk) 22:38, 26 August 2015 (UTC) Comment I have incorporated a list of Hurley's research publications as researched by talk|Stuartyeates. Rick570 (talk) 20:34, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
 * What you've done is introduce some peacocked original research that it not supported by the references provided. duffbeerforme (talk) 13:07, 31 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete: doubtless a fine physician but not otherwise notable. Quis separabit?  17:46, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Weak keep The citation record listed above by is a strong indication for meeting WP:PROF#1. Granted, the most-cited articles only list Hurley as a minor author (listed somewhere in the middle of multiple authors), but some of the opther highly-cited articles he is first or last author. Especially for someone who passed away 30 years ago, this is not bad at all. The absence of accessible sources on the person himself is a bit worrysome, though (WP:V...). --Randykitty (talk) 16:22, 3 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep - While borderline, the fact that his work was more than 30 years ago may have something to do with a lack of a web presence. But what is currently there is enough for him to pass WP:PROF.  Onel 5969  TT me 13:51, 4 September 2015 (UTC)


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