Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thomas Valone

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 Delete and redirect to book. —Ocatecir ^Talk 04:11, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thomas Valone

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Non-notable person; president of a non-notable society, and author of a number of non/borderline notable books and articles JulesH 07:20, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Expanding on my reasoning above:

• Being the author of Harnessing the Wheelwork of Nature: Tesla's Science of Energy (a book for which only two revies could be found, one of them extremely short, the other in a magazine of dubious reliability) or a number of other less-notable books does not make somebody notable.
• Being educated does not make him notable.
• Being employed as a patent examiner does not make him notable.
• Being president of a society that is only ever discussed in sources like "American Antigravity" does not make him notable.
• Having been interviewed for a TV program does not make him notable, unless that program is substantially about him.
• Being a member of professional societies does not make him notable.
• Having published a number of articles in dubious sources like "TESLA: Journal of Modern Science" (for which title the only two hits google has are related to Valone) does not make him notable.

In short, I don't think this person is actually important. I think this is mostly the self promotion of a fringe scientist whose views are not widely supported by mainstream science. JulesH 07:29, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

• Comment Slightly arguing against myself here, but this publication not currently mentioned on the article about him should be taken into account: "New Physics" Patents T Valone - Science, 1999 JulesH 07:46, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 12:53, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Even though per the article he has a "PhD in General Engineering from Kennedy-Western University (2003) (an online, non-accredited organization)." Edison 15:21, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
• Weak keep, but merge the article for the book in. I do not see why two articles can possibly be justified in a borderline situation like this. Better the person than the book, for there is at least the chance he may write further books.DGG 04:32, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
• conditional delete This is not to judge the subject, but it seems the entry as it stands isn't notable. Merging this entry with a book does not solve the problem.As has been stated above, what might make the subject notable is his controversial stint at the patent office (firing/rehiring). I'll change my vote to a weak keep if someone adds this in. Onebit202 17:55, 8 June 2007 (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.