Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Samuel Kohan
Regarding meeting the conditions of : Samuel Kohan is not the subject of the cited references and google at least does not provide immediately obvious references of which he ''is'' the subject. To the best of my knowledge he has not won any awards or honors, although (again) someone else may know better here. And it is, so far, not clear that he has made any historically enduring contribution to his field (once again, someone else might be able to provide better insight). In what way do you feel he meets the criteria set in ?Regarding being notable despite not being on WoS and so on: you are correct, he may very well in point of actual fact be notable in his field. Not being well-known is not a criterion (lord knows for example Joachim Martin Falbe is not) nor is being mentioned on WoS. But for the purposes of Wikipedia, that notability must be evident from ''something''. An argument of notability based on the fact that |you just know he is notable is not sufficient. Think of it this way (as a journalism doctoral student): if someone you had never seen stopped you in the middle of the street and told you that Mitt Romney is ineligible for the POTUS|presidency because, having been born on Mars, he is not a natural-born citizen, would you run with that story or would you want to have some strong supporting sources first? The same idea applies here. However, there may be a simple way to solve this: you are a journalism doctoral student with an interest in the subject -- you sound exactly like the kind of person with the wherewithal and the knowledge of the field required to come up with better sources regarding Samuel Kohan
— User:BenTels, 17:33, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:BIO||WP:BIO||WP:IKNOWIT (Wikipedia:Notability)