Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Norman, MD
Well, the good news is that he is recognized as an expert in his field and has six patents so far on surgical techniques that he has invented and that he's improved the lives of many people, including extending the lives of a good deal of them.   The bad news is that he doesn't meet the requirements of , so we'll have arguments over whether what he does is important.  Wikipedia builds shrines to anybody who ever strapped on a jock in a fully professional sports league, but has few articles about physicians and surgeons because, with the bizarre priorities we have for notability.  While I don't advocate automatic notability for every M.D. or professor, I think that we need to acknowledge persons who have sources that show a significant contribution to their field
— User:Mandsford, 13:15, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:ATHLETE (Wikipedia:Notability)