Talk:Lorenz Cederbaum

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He is not only a superb scientist, but also a nice person.

Review comments[edit]

Some suggestions for improvement as the article is expanded:

Template:Infobox Scientist should be added
Photograph should be added from a source with a free license
Article needs expanding and should emphasise reasons for notability of subject
Information on research should be converted into prose and expanded, and references required
References should be added, preferably in the inline format

Espresso Addict 00:33, 19 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Notability[edit]

I'd like the original author of the article, provided they still participate in the project, to give a rationale for Cederbaum's notability. However enamoured I myself am with chemistry (being a student of it at RWTH Aachen University), and specifically with the sub-discipline of physical chemistry, nevertheless I question the academic value of this article. While Cederbaum may be a great researcher and a competent teacher, I fail to see his specific notability in his field - neither in the article nor in the externally linked pages. He seems like a generic university professor to me.

By comparison, I could create articles on Prof. Dr. Ulrich Simon (anorganic chemistry: metal and semiconductor nanostructures, biomolecular materials, hydrogen fuel cells), Prof. Dr. Richard Dronskowski (quantum chemistry and solid state chemistry) or Prof. Dr. Arne Lüchow (theoretical chemistry: ab initio calculations of molecular structures, mathematical modelling of chemical processes), all hailing from the RWTH, as I believe them to be experts in their respective fields and great lecturers. However, I severely doubt that any of them merits encyclopedic mention...(though you can gladly convince me of the opposite ;) ).

As a conclusion, I'd like the author(s) to give a detailed rationale on why Cederbaum is notable and worthy of inclusion in the encyclopedia. In case this does not happen after a period of 4-5 weeks, I will submit a RfD. Vargher (talk) 03:22, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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