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The result was WP:SNOW redirect of non-notable subject article which is an attack magnet. Dreadstar ☥ 19:12, 29 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A. Scott Connelly[edit]

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A. Scott Connelly seems to be creator/founder of MET-Rx. The issue is here seems to be not independently notable from his product. Article seems to be a vandal target. Seems to Fail WP:NOTE as it is no inherited. The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 04:28, 25 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ho hum, he gets some coverage for not very flattering reasons (may not be WP:RS though), besides some quotes on andro and what not in the mainstream press— click the news link in your nom. There are also some interviews with him on the bodybuilding sites, e.g. [1]; no idea how notable that site is or even if it's unrelated to him. Tijfo098 (talk) 06:46, 25 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete or Redirect to MET-Rx. Not notable except for the company. I found literally nothing by him at Google Scholar, which surprised me. I noted that the UCLA Nutritional Sciences Laboratory is "named for him", which could indicate notability - but I suspect it was actually named for a large donation made by him (in effect he purchased the naming rights - which is becoming more and more common at medical schools), rather than named by UCLA in recognition of his achievements. --MelanieN (talk) 18:33, 26 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure the naming wasn't to honor him a research scientist. (I can even tell you how much it would cost you have your name on the door of a lab at the last US academic institution I worked for—6 figures). Connelly was trained as an anesthesiologist, and published a single paper [2] in academic journals as far as I can tell, although some academic studies on Met-Rx were published by others [3]. He's got a bit of personalized coverage in Sports Illustrated [4], the SF Examiner [5], and a local business magazine [6], but it's all in relation to Met-Rx. There's some coverage of him promoting androstenedione in the press [7] and in books chronicling that stuff [8] [9], but that's also in relation to his position at Met-Rx. His other endeavors did not seem to have generated mainstream coverage, discounting paid-for radio shows: [10] [11] Conclusion: marginally notable biography subject to WP:COATRACK attacks (see WP:AN), not worth the hassle of having around. A redirect to Met-Rx seems the best option for now. Tijfo098 (talk) 22:20, 26 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to MET-Rx. If the guy becomes independently notable, then we can always split off an article about him again. Currently, nothing warrants doing so. ~Amatulić (talk) 20:07, 26 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• The SF Eaxminer [12] referenced earlier actually claims according to their investigative report "In interviews and promotional materials, Connelly claims he graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1973 and was on the faculty of Stanford Medical School between 1979 and 1986. Harvard says he was there only as a post-grad "special student" in the 1973-74 academic year. He got his Doctor of Medicine in anesthesia from Boston University School of Medicine in 1978, did a one-year Stanford fellowship in 1981 and was in private practice in anesthesiology in the Palo Alto area in the 1980s. Stanford says he was an unpaid "clinical instructor," meaning that he taught once a month in exchange for treating patients there. But the university said he was never part of the full-time faculty."
• Relevance: The current Wikpedia page is propogating the continual false claims that Connelly graduated from Harvard, that is false. Connelly claims he was on the faculty of Stanford between 1979-1986, that is also false according to Lisa M. Krieger, San Francisco EXAMINER MEDICAL WRITER. — Preceding unsigned comment added by IFBBLOVER (talk • contribs) 10:54, 29 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • That doesn't make him notable. Yworo (talk) 19:00, 29 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to Met-Rx per Tijfo098 and Amatulić. Yworo (talk) 19:00, 29 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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