Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ralf Hotchkiss

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 keep. Mailer Diablo 15:38, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ralf Hotchkiss

A businessman who is involved in wheelchair manufacturing. It appears to be advertising. Deprodded.ßlηguγΣη | Have your say!!! - review me 04:49, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

I'm a little confused here. I'm trying to properly contest the proposal that this article be deleted, but I'm new at this and not sure I've got the procedure right. Here's what I said on the discussion page of the Ralf Hotchkiss article itself --

This page is absolutely NOT an advertisement. Therefore, I am removing the request for deletion (as I understand the policies and procedures say I can/should). I added this page because I believe what Hotchkiss and his company are doing is important, is part of a contemporary movement to promote sustainable development, and is admirable and should be known about. You'll also notice that Whirlwind has its own entry in Wikipedia. I'm new to Wikipedia, too, and am kind of shocked to have my first entry attacked so quickly. By the way, I have no connection to Hotchkiss or Whirlwind except as a college classmate who admires him and his work. Mildredofbeulah 05:18, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

• weak keep- I would rather see this be cleaned up than removed-Reid A. 05:24, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
• weak keep- Agree with User:Reid A.; it needs work, but is still viable. Consequentially 05:26, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
• keep please it is about a important person not a advertisement Yuckfoo 05:29, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep Needs significant work, but is viable —WAvegetarian•_{CONTRIBUTIONS}^TALK• ^EMAIL• 05:38, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
• Merge to Whirlwind wheelchair which is the company he co-founded and his only claim to notability. If that article were so choked up with info, an argument could be made to spin this out into its own entry, but that is not the case. Eusebeus 18:07, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, expand. Lambiam^Talk 19:07, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and expand. Jcuk 19:48, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Jcuk, although Google has 525 results (a bad sign per WP:N). --Slgrandson 20:06, 4 May 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.