Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wilhelm Winternitz


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The result was   keep. Non-admin closure. &mdash; neuro(talk) 20:01, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Wilhelm Winternitz

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Does not appear to have any real claim to notability. Shoemaker&#39;s Holiday (talk) 20:10, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  00:10, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.   —David Eppstein (talk) 01:00, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep. This is a grandfathered entry from the 1901-1906 Jewish Encyclopedia. The fact that there was an article about this guy in a printed encyclopedia is, by itself, already sufficient to pass our WP:BIO requirements. Further, a cursory googlebooks search reveals plenty of coverage: 551 hits, quite a few with specific and detailed coverage. Item 2 on this googlebooks result list (an article from Boston Medical and Surgical Journal) reads:  "Its leadership in this branch of therapeutics was due to Wilhelm Winternitz, justly called the father of scientific hydrotherapy". I don't think there is a need to go further. The article would certainly benefit from expansion, but that is not a reason for deletion. Nsk92 (talk) 01:30, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * keep per Nsk92, Jewish Encyclopedia entry demonstrates reliable coverage of him as a subject in reliable tertiary sources. Pete.Hurd (talk) 02:50, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep per above. Articles on long dead academics are very rarely deletion material.  They don't do much spamming and self-promotion.John Z (talk) 07:31, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep per all of the above. --Crusio (talk) 08:46, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - subject of a biography in a notable encyclopaedia. Why second guess that? Wily D  10:45, 23 October 2008 (UTC)


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