Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Spencer Amory

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The result was delete.. CitiCat ^♫ 02:26, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Spencer Amory

Spencer Amory (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

non-notable (WP:BIO) — Fingers-of-Pyrex 01:19, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

• Agree - If this person were listed on notible people in the other articles, I may have said disagree. --Mnemnoch 02:21, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. Article cites no third-party reliable sources, which is necessary to establish notability, so fails WP:BIO.-- aBSuRDiST -^T ☺ ^C- 02:25, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletions. -- Bduke 04:13, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
• Delete, having a technique that helps your hospital keep its mortality rates down is pretty much the ideal of what accomplished surgeons do. It is not, however, notability. --Dhartung | Talk 05:13, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. Only 4 relevant publications on Medline under 'SE Amory' or 'S Amory' and no published textbooks per profile suggest that the subject's contributions do not yet meet WP:PROF. Espresso Addict 15:25, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
• Keep, though as a physician, not a researcher " Chief of the Division of General Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. " this is one of the great medical centers, and I think that position is notability enough. He's Clinical Professor not Professor at Columbia, and that is not necessarily based on research. I admit that this level of appointment at a place like this to someone with so little verifiable publication is a little puzzling. He's FACS, but no other out-of-university honors. DGG (talk) 17:04, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
• Keep, I agree with DDG. If he is one of the chiefs of NYP he is notable for that alone. The division of general surgery, specifically, encompasses many departments at a hospital—some which may include breast surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, minimal access surgery, and even plastic/reconstructive surgery. Therefore Dr. Amory must have exceeded his peers in all areas of surgery in order to be named chief of this overall department. Perhaps the article should be labeled as a stub instead of deleted. This way, it could allow users who know more about the doctor or have better access to information to add to his accomplishments instead of assuming that he is not notable. --Oeawiki 15:03, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
• Comment. Third-party references are required to establish notability. Also, without citations this article appears to be original research. This person's carreer may indeed be impressive, but that doesn't eliminate the need to follow notability guidelines. I'm also concerned that there may be COI issues, given that the author of the article is a SPA, whose only contributions are creating articles on NYP doctors.-- aBSuRDiST -^T ☺ ^C- 16:07, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
• Delete as per nom. Harlowraman 00:44, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

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.