Talk:Tecwyn Roberts

Contested deletion
This page should not be speedy deleted because Roberts is mentioned in other Wikipedia articles (such as Space Task Group) and, as NASA’s first Flight Dynamics Officer during Project Mercury, played an important role as an aerospace pioneer in the early days of space flight. At present, the article is a mere stub as I haven't had the time yet to prepare a more detailed biography, but as there seem to be doubts as to his notability, I am not going to put further effort into this biography until the issue is resolved. Cyan22 (talk) 00:26, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I removed the tag. Please, don't forget to cite reliable and independent sources supporting your claims. Thanks for your understanding.--Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 10:41, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Done, but still only one of a larger group of Avro Canada engineers and certainly not in the same category as either Jim Floyd or Jim Chamberlin. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 12:57, 5 May 2011 (UTC).
 * Thanks for your expert assistance, Bzuk. --Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 15:44, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Dubious
Attribution of responsibility to Tecwyn Roberts for the term A-ok seem to be mis- (or over-) stated by 'llanddaniel.co.uk', the original source for that information on this BIO. See
 * Roberts was "the voice of Mercury Control", and popularized the use of the phrase "A-OK",

While the NASA source, which appears to be the LLanddaniel website's source, actually says: (paraphrased)


 * ''In reporting the Freedom 7 flight, the press attributed the term to Astronaut Shepard, ... A replay of the flight voice communications tape disclosed that Shepard himself did not use the term. . It was Col. John A. "Shorty" Powers ... Tecwyn Roberts of STG and Capt. Henry E. Clements of the Air Force had used "A.OK" frequently in reports written more than four months before the Shepard flight. ... Other sources claim that oldtime railroad telegraphers used "A-OK" as one of several terms to report the status of their equipment. Be that as it may, Powers, "the voice of Mercury Control," by his public use of "A.OK," made those three letters a universal symbol meaning "in perfect working order."

I think they have misread and attributed to Roberts, that what was attributed by NASA, to John A. "Shorty" Powers. I have also added the NASA source to the A-ok page. and also tagged 'llanddaniel.co.uk' claims as dubious. 220  of  Borg 05:38, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Graduate
On this side of the pond we do not "graduate" from secondary school. 31.49.9.145 (talk) 13:50, 16 November 2019 (UTC)