Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sheldon Pinnell (2nd nomination)
The article certainly needs substantial clean-up but on closer inspection the subject is notable under several criteria of . For one thing, he has held a named chair position at Duke, as J. Lamar Callaway Professor of Dermatologyhttp://dukederm.duke.edu/ (#5). There was a big conference in honor of his 70th birthday in 2007http://dukederm.duke.edu/wysiwyg/downloads/Web_site_description_Duke_Dermatology_Celebrates_70_years_of_Excellence_v7.pdfhttp://dukederm.duke.edu/wysiwyg/downloads/Program_Order_for_web__v_1.0_Duke_Dermatology_Celebrates.pdf. The citation data in GoogleScolar is pretty goodhttp://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22Sheldon%20Pinnell%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=ws. He is also frequently quoted as a dermatology expert in conventional media, see GNewshttp://news.google.com/archivesearch?as_user_ldate=1970&as_user_hdate=2010&q=%22Sheldon+Pinnell%22&scoring=a&hl=en&ned=us&um=1&q=%22Sheldon+Pinnell%22&lnav=od&btnG=Go, making a plausible case for #7. In any event, seems to be a reasonably solid case for #1
— User:Nsk92, 18:33, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
Stance: keep
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