Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Karel Smetana Jr. MD, PhD

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The result was delete by WP:SNOW as failing WP:BLP. Bearian (talk) 18:06, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Karel Smetana Jr. MD, PhD

Respected doctor, I'm sure, but this does not mean he meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion of biographical articles. He is listed in at least one "Who's Who?" of medicine, but it is all directory-style information.[1] I find no actual sources about him.[2] Most (all?) research physicians publish numerous papers over time, so the main claim of importance here does not seem to be very unique. W.marsh 23:03, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete In the current state notability is unclear. No books or articles in top-tier international journals reported. Even the full professorship isn't confirmed in any way. Pundit|utter 02:42, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
From his Czech bio he's a professor, most important publications are listed as well but IMHO Wikipedia should wait until someone publishes a material about him. Pavel Vozenilek (talk) 15:46, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Wikipedia cannot serve as a directory about every scientist. Web page about Smetana at the institute where he works: [3] (en). I found nothing specific about Karel Smetana (quite a common Czech name) in Czech language materials online (which says nothing about scientific notability).

His father, born 1930, would deserve an article. He is haematologist, obtained scientific awards, has hundreds of publications, was at one time on a list of Nobel premium candidates and there's biographical information about him available on specialized websites, e.g. here (en). Pavel Vozenilek (talk) 15:39, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletions. —David Eppstein (talk) 00:12, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
delete (I had just googled up the 2005 J. Appl. Biomed. article linked to by Pavel Vozenilek above and mistakenly assumed it was the same person). His father is notable, but he is not. Pete.Hurd (talk) 06:24, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete assuming the selected publication are the best of them, not notable.DGG (talk) 03:00, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as per Pete Hurd and DGG. --Crusio (talk) 10:50, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.