Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sheldon Pinnell (2nd nomination)


 * 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The result was   keep, withdrawn by nominator. —David Eppstein (talk) 20:42, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Sheldon Pinnell
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Speedy declined since this article is different than the one previously deleted through AfD (apparently this reference has been added since then). I don't think the subject is a passes PROF and I don't think the subject passes WP:Bio - a Google search turns up info about his clinic, a company I believe he's affiliated with, some patents, scholarly articles, but no significant coverage in reliable sources. PDCook (talk) 14:24, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.  —PDCook (talk) 17:56, 14 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep. The article certainly needs substantial clean-up but on closer inspection the subject is notable under several criteria of WP:PROF. For one thing, he has held a named chair position at Duke, as J. Lamar Callaway Professor of Dermatology (WP:PROF#5). There was a big conference in honor of his 70th birthday in 2007. The citation data in GoogleScolar is pretty good. He is also frequently quoted as a dermatology expert in conventional media, see GNews, making a plausible case for WP:PROF#7. In any event, seems to be a reasonably solid case for WP:PROF#1. Nsk92 (talk) 18:33, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
 * You are absolutely correct about him meeting the criteria for WP:PROF with the named chair. I think my search engine skills are poor, as I mostly got stuff about the business side of his career. Nonetheless, I suppose I have to say speedy keep in light of the named chair. PDCook (talk) 18:39, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I'll start cleaning up the article. If no one closes this discussion as a speedy keep within a day or so, I'll do a non-admin speedy keep, unless anyone contests that he passes WP:PROF. PDCook (talk) 19:48, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
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