Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wilford Poe

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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 08:09, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wilford Poe

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Subject fails WP:BIO and the WP:PROFTEST. Has an interesting job, but few attributions of notability found in reliable sources. Cmprince 03:40, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletions. -- Pete.Hurd 04:12, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
• Delete as per nom. --Crusio 07:45, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. This was my prod, disputed by an IP. The article was created by indef-blocked WOverstreet (talk · contribs), who created dozens of articles on University of Florida alumni, his alma mater. It's always helpful to have Lt. Governors and state legislators get articles, but the idea that everyone who gets a plaque and a photo in the alumni magazine is thereby "notable" isn't really palatable. (Thanks for carrying forward my rationale, Cmprince.) --Dhartung | Talk 08:41, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
• delete per above. Pete.Hurd 14:23, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
• Weak delete on the basis of Dhartung's more discerning comments below. Keep The article isnt specific, apparently because it was based only on []; but he appears to have been VP for Space Systems at Honeywell in the late 1980s. that's pre-intenet, but I think considering the role of the company in the era, it is highly notable, and more information should be findable He has written a few technical reports at least. It is difficult to document those with a career in industry, and I am prepared to accept their positions as adequate evidence in the absence of better sources. DGG (talk) 02:39, 26 September 2007 (UTC) DGG (talk) 00:51, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

• Comment Note that he was Vice President for the Space Operations Division of the Space Systems Group, which is now Honeywell Aerospace (and whose "President, Defense and Space" doesn't even rate a bio on the company website[1]). I'm personally willing to accept a President, Chairman and/or CEO of an independent subsidiary, but not a head of a division or group, unless they pass general WP:N. There just aren't any sources about this guy. --Dhartung | Talk 08:02, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

• Delete per the above comments, there are no substantial sources available to support an article. Burntsauce 18:03, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
• Delete No references. NN. Tiptopper 21:28, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

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