Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edward Katongole-Mbidde

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The result was keep‎. Star Mississippi 13:10, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Edward Katongole-Mbidde

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Fails WP:BIO. 1 of the 2 supplied sources is primary. Could not find significant coverage of this individual. LibStar (talk) 01:05, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Medicine and Uganda. LibStar (talk) 01:05, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 02:23, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:NACADEMIC. This article establishes him as the only oncologist at the Uganda Cancer Institute in 2004. And is now director of the UVRI. Both of which have close relationships with other high standing research institutions (e.g. World Health Org). I would say this falls under WP:NACADEMIC#C5. He also received a lifetime recognition award at a scientific conference giving support to other NACADEMIC points. He also has decent citations on papers based on a quick glance, particularly for someone working in a smaller country. I'll see what else I can pull up for sources. Cyanochic (talk) 03:26, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. SiniyaEdita (talk) 10:12, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
WP:JUSTAVOTE. LibStar (talk) 04:40, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Star Mississippi 01:57, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per User:SiniyaEdita. Herostratus (talk) 03:21, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
User:Siniya is WP:JUSTAVOTE. Your vote is just WP:PERX. LibStar (talk) 03:31, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I assume Herostratus meant Cyanochic. Espresso Addict (talk) 07:18, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It demonstrates they didn't properly read this AfD. LibStar (talk) 09:57, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - I'm generally in agreement that the head of a research institute is the equivalent of a professorship. I think one has to consider the context of Uganda and the bias it would show if a page on a senior scientist/academic was removed simply because they worked their career in Uganda. JMWt (talk) 19:32, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I agree with the analysis of JMWt & Cyanochic. Also, even excluding a couple of heavily coauthored Marburg papers where I doubt Katongole-Mbidde was a major contributor, GS citations[1] look healthy with top citations 265,234, and five more above 100. (Some of these date back to the 1970s and early 1980s when citation frequency was much lower.) ETA He also publishes as "Edward Mbidde" and "EK Mbidde". ETA2. I've also found several sources on WL which refer to him being quoted as the expert on HIV clinical trials in Uganda by David Satcher & Harold Varmus in a well-known NEJM opinion paper of 1997 which I don't think is free to access (Varmus H, Satchef D. Ethical complexities of conducting research in developing countries. N Engl J Med. 1997;337:1003-1005). Espresso Addict (talk) 07:18, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Interview from 1996 with a couple of sentences of bio: [2] which confirms he's director of the Uganda Cancer Institute, calls him "one of Uganda’s foremost AIDS researchers", "chair of the research subcommittee of the Uganda National AIDS Committee" and an "international authority on HIV vaccine research". Espresso Addict (talk) 09:06, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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