Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard Adams (inventor)

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. MBisanz ^talk 17:22, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Richard Adams (inventor)

Disputed prod. Biography of an "inventor" written by an associate who interviewed the subject with the express purpose of getting material for a Wikipedia article. The claims of notability are not backed up by the cited sources, the first one for example does not even mention Richard, the second verifies that he did a student project but in no way supports the claim that he was the first "to build and publicly demonstrate" such a device, the third again does not mention him at all, the fourth is a trivial mention of the same student project, and the last is self-published. Independently I have been unable to locate any reliable sources to verify the claims which probably explains the paucity of references in the article. All adds up to an failure to meet the requirements of the notability guidelines for biographies. Nancy ^talk 11:21, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Without hesitation as someone who proposed {{prod}} of this article for basically the same reasons. Toddst1 (talk) 13:41, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 14:29, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That issue has been addressed by a neutral 3rd party. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 23:34, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 14:30, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
KEEP ~~Merge~~ ~~to the soon-to-be-sourced Happy Computers.~~ as further notability has beed added and sourced. The man was a major part of a historical time in the development of home computer technologies. Because of he and his peers, we have home computers. And COI of the original author aside, the article now belongs to to wiki, ~~and if it can be sourced and made encuclopdic,~~ it would be welcome. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 19:31, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and redirect to Happy Computers. He's only really covered in one reference, too weak for a separate article, but the other references will improve the article on Happy Computers (products). VG ☎ 20:16, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That issue has been addressed. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 23:34, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, so keep. VG ☎ 16:42, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep It is still early days for this article and there is lots of scope to improve it per our editing policy. Colonel Warden (talk) 19:35, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep As an educated electrical engineer myself, to me, this person seems obviously notable. Also a COI Hazard is flag that makes one use a lot more scrutiny in the evalution process; I believe it alone cannot be a reason to delete. And in this particular case, I contend my belief holds. --Firefly322 (talk) 15:51, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I am the originator of the page, and have done a major re-write to it. I have addressed the previous concerns in its talk page and would appreciate another evaluation. Eggzactly (talk) 23:06, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.