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The result was delete. — Mr. Stradivarius ^{(have a chat)} 04:22, 7 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete. Ruben Canelo is a surgeon who has written published professional papers. There is no significant coverage in reliable secondary sources. There is no claim to notability in the lead. The listed sources confirm that he has hospital privileges and that he pubished the professional papers. There is no discussion of him and his achievements (if any). There is no evidence of notability. He fails the Wikipedia:Notability (people) guidelines. Please note that the original author included more references. Please see Timberframe's comment of 22 June 2011 at User_talk:Stadleyrc#Ruben Canelo as to why those were removed. --Bejnar (talk) 20:05, 27 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete I'm kind of torn on this one. His citations at Google Scholar are respectable but not impressive; on the other hand, having served as an editor of two major books is usually an indication of prominence in the field. I had trouble finding confirmation of any of his biographical details. The only in-line citation is a dead link, and most of what I found at Google was social media sites or Wiki mirrors. In particular I could not find any independent confirmation of his "Lord" title; this citation from Imperial College London simply refers to him as "Mr Ruben Canelo". I am troubled by the lack of independent verification, and overall I don't think he meets WP:PROF. --MelanieN (talk) 14:58, 29 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 22:05, 29 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 22:05, 29 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The article was created by single-purpose account Stadleyrc which only edited this article. The "Lord Ruben Canelo of Studley" was added by single-purpose account Rbncnl which only edited this article. The two account names could be expanded to read respectively: "Stadley Ruben Canelo" and "Ruben Canelo". It is possible that there may be some conflict-of-interest here. The form "Lord (blank) of Studley" was a rather poor joke in the late 1950s among the college crowd. --Bejnar (talk) 06:28, 1 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Good insight! Ruben Canelo (the surgeon) is a real person, but the "Studley" addition is almost certainly a joke. The joke's on us, because it has proliferated through the internet via Wiki mirrors. I am going to remove it as unverified, and maybe it will get dropped from the mirrors even before this discussion is concluded. --MelanieN (talk) 14:45, 2 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete notability requires more than evidence of existence. No third party sources to establish notability. We hold WP:BLPs to an even higher standard. Vcessayist (talk) 23:52, 6 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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