Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jimbo Helansky

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 of the debate was DELETE. Owen× ☎ 21:17, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jimbo Helansky

delete non notable inventor (he invented the camoflauged deer blind). Melaen 20:42, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

He's from this "Missippi". That help any? ;D (OK sorry, but that amused me). 68.39.174.238 20:43, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

• Speedy Delete - per nom James084 21:01, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete The article says more about his invention than the inventor himself; that said, it merely repeats itself whilst making no claim as to the subject's notability. Violation of WP:BIO.  (aeropagitica)  21:14, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per above and throw in the fact that Google seems, for the most part, blind to old Jimbo. [1] PJM 21:42, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Latinus 21:46, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy delete nn, no google hits Avi 21:56, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

The article does make a claim of notability (inventing a product), so it's not eligible for speedy deletion. PJM 22:06, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Can you verify that this poor soul who only lived to the age of 23 invented this device? Regardless, this is not an invention if it is not a hoax, it is an improvement on an existingproduct (hunting blinds) that have been around from before 1967. So it remains non-notable and eligible for speedy, IMO. Regardless, I think we agree it should be tossed.Avi 22:10, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

All I'm pointing out to you is policy. Per A7, if a biographical article has a claim of notability, it should not get speedied. Yes, we can investigate the claim and decide to 'toss' it in AFD, obviously. But it's not a speedy. PJM 22:19, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

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.