Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Philip Needleman


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The result was   keep per WP:SNOW. But maybe the attention brought to this article by the AfD will lead to the expansion that it clearly needs? —David Eppstein (talk) 06:06, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

Philip Needleman

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Person is not notable. Me-123567-Me (talk) 01:43, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep Member of the National academy of sciences, criterion 3 of the WP:PROF guideline. Unaccountable nomination, except that  a little earlier today I  nominated a group of articles written by this ed for AfD.  DGG ( talk ) 02:11, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep Not only does he easily fit under WP:NACADEMICS #3, he's also won an significant NAS award and under #5 is a named chair at a major institution of higher education. This doesn't belong here.  CoffeeCrumbs (talk) 04:34, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep as noted by the others, a clear pass of WP:PROF #3, and also probably under WP:ANYBIO #1 (as the winner of major awards) and WP:PROF #1 (for his significant impact on pharmacology R&D, attested to in sources such as ) --Arxiloxos (talk) 04:44, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep—his article meets: WP:Notability (academics) Criteria 1,2,3, and 5 after five minutes search, and likely two more of the nine in twenty minutes work. — Neonorange (talk) 05:04, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. North America1000 05:07, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. North America1000 05:07, 3 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Speedy keep – subject is presumed notable as per WP:NACADEMICS #1, #2, #3, #5. North America1000 05:09, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep In addition to all of the above, this subject had a significant role in the discovery of COX-2 and the development of celecoxib. He has high citation counts on Google Scholar (1659, 1443, 1022, 902, 817...). EricEnfermero (Talk) 05:48, 3 July 2015 (UTC)


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