Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elie D. Al-Chaer

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The result was Delete --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 11:48, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Elie D. Al-Chaer

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This self promoting article should be considered a vanity article. Content is not a neutral point of view and is self-submitted. Wikipedia is not a directory. While importance is asserted, real importance is low and for the most part unfounded. Redgrip 17:29, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

• Comment While I would admit the article has undertones of neutrality and COI issues, it would appear that the subject is at least somewhat notable, as the references listed show, and a quick Google News search [1] . Being noted by Science News, being director of a U.S. University Medical facility, etc. I would suggest a re-write of the article aimed to remove any neutrality concerns, properly formatted references, and a helpful notice to the creator of the article about WP:COI. ^Ariel♥Gold 18:17, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

• Weak Keep Appears to be notable, remove the COI issues and clean up the POV. ~ Wikihermit 22:30, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletions. —David Eppstein 01:22, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

• Delete Neutrality is concerning as is obvious conflict of interest in self promotion. Noted in science news does not mean anything other than was in the news. Might be ok if written by unbiased 2nd party. Recommend deletion. ~ padyel 17:07, 4 September (UTC)
• Delete Does not meet the notability guidelines for academics. --Crusio 08:11, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
• Delete The claim of a discovery of a new spinal cord pathway that conveys visceral pain is actually more attributable to Mr. Al-Chaer's graduate thesis advisor William Willis. See Willis et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Volume 96, Issue 14, pp. 7675-7679, 1999.--redgrip 09:34, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

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