Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Hr1kb5

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 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the discussion was  Delete - no one has really argued for anything else, only speculated. If you want the content to brush it up and move it to the mainspace, ask me, and I'll userfy it to you. Wily D 08:14, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

User:Hr1kb5


This is to all intents and purposes an article residing on a userpage. The subject of the article, Roberto A. Dabdoub, does not appear to be notable enough for a mainspace article.

User:Hr1kb5 created this page between 5 and 18 February 2009 and has edited no other page in the wiki at all, so whether it's an autobiography or simply using Wikipedia as a webhost I don't know. My notification of this discussion will create their user talk page, so I don't think it likely they're still around.

Thryduulf (talk) 13:09, 7 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Comment I wonder whether Roberto A. Dabdoub could be notable. He has had a book on Micro Art published by Pelican Publishing Company which looks like a notable publisher. -- Klein zach  11:56, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I have left a message at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Microbiology inviting comment here. Based on article tagging that seems the most relevant project, but it's really not my field so I could have overlooked something obvious to a knowledgeable person. Thryduulf (talk) 01:13, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I have come from WP Microbiology. All I can really say is that if everything his publicist says is true then he is indeed notable. Of course these things will need to be independently verified.OakRunner (talk) 03:41, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Dabdoub is supposed to be a photographer, not a microbiologist. -- Klein zach  15:35, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Not exactly - he's a photomicrographer, a creator of photomicrographs. That article is tagged by the Microbiology project, not the photography project. Thryduulf (talk) 19:04, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Surely the notability of Dabdoub is the issue here, not the tagging of a mainspace article!  Klein zach  14:16, 20 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Indeed, I was just responding to your apparent disagreement with my considering the Microbiology WikiProject a relevant one to notify. You are obviously free to notify other projects if you feel them to be relevant. I didn't find anything that appeared to me to show the subject was notable when I looked (otherwise I wouldn't have nominated this for deletion). If you know of something I've missed then please let me know here and add it to the draft, so he gets an article if he deserves one. Simply repeating that he might be notable isn't useful. Thryduulf (talk) 23:52, 20 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Let's just head on over to WP:Artist and WP:Academic

Per WP:Artist


 * The person is known for originating a significant new concept, theory or technique.

While what I have read seems to indicate that he has helped innovate the field of micrograph photography I will need search more to see what specific innovations these may be.


 * The person is a significant contributor to, a subject of, or used as an expert source by major news agencies or publications.

It seems he has been the subject of a significant amount of news stories.


 * The person's work (or works) either (a) has become a significant monument, (b) has been a substantial part of a significant exhibition, (c) has won significant critical attention, or (d) is represented within the permanent collections of several notable galleries or museums.

I have heard that his works are the in the permanent collection at the NOMA, but their website does not indicate this.

I didn't see anything at WP:Academic that seemed to indicate he would be notable by their standards. Nonetheless I think he has been the subject of the news meet the requirements of notability. Possibly he has developed some technique for micrograph photography that is also notable.OakRunner (talk) 03:39, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
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