Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Bourne

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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 on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was Keep. Titoxd(?!?) 03:32, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] William Bourne

  • dunno who nominated this, but article appears to be lifted verbatim from an apparently copyrighted site belonging to the New York Times; this this link. So delete for copyvio.---CH (talk) 08:37, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
  • I couldn't find the copyvio. This article has the same facts as the link cited, but it has been re-written. Not a copyvio as far as I can tell. --Duk 01:36, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
    • Provided what its says is true, I don't see a problem with it. If you are really feeling twitchy about copyright, reduce the article and put in a link to the NY Times page but don't delete it. There is not much of it but it's a start. (RJP 21:03, 2 October 2005 (UTC))
  • This afd nomination was orphaned. Listing now. No opinion. —Cryptic (talk) 08:11, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
  • I don't think you can copyright historical facts, and since I've now rewritten it a bit as well, I'd safely say it's not copyright violation now. KeepAverage Earthman 09:47, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep, modify as needed to remove copyrighted content. He seems notable enough. -- Kjkolb 11:40, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
    • Comparing the current version to the version that had the copyvio tag, I'd say it has already been modified enough to not be a copyright violation. Average Earthman 18:50, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep coming up with an early idea for a submersible works for me.--Isotope23 16:36, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep after rewrite, it should be a stub. Jesse 20:16, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep as per Jesse. --Apyule 07:28, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep' noitable submariner. Klonimus 00:51, 14 October 2005 (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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.