Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Top 1000 Scientists: From the Beginning of Time to 2000 AD (second nomination)
Sigh. I see it's been dealt with, but just to reiterate; it matters not one whit whether or not Einstein and Paul Dirac|Dirac were added to the Indian edition; if they were (as seems likely), all this would do is further establish that this is a subjective list which can be changed on the whim of the author, not the result of an authoritative, one-off survey. Even in the Indian edition, the author (whoever he was) has omitted Christiaan Huygens, Edward Jenner, August Kekulé, Robert Hooke and Ronald Fisher in favour of John Sibthorp, James Walker (chemist), Thomas Melvill and some other rather odd names. Regardless, the primary reason for deleting this article is that the book has no |notability. A secondary reason is that with or without Einstein and Dirac, calling this list The Top 1000 Scientists of All Time is inherently ridiculous, and giving it prominence makes Wikipedia look silly
— User:Iain99, 14:56, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:V (Wikipedia:Verifiability)