Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Basil Read


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The result was   delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:05, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Basil Read

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The article as presented gives no firm rationale against WP:BIO or WP:PROF, in particular none of the roles held are a guarantee of automatic encyclopaedic notability. Searching GNews and GBooks I can find no obvious sources that would provide evidence of the significant impact required under the GNG. The article has failed to improve since creation in 2008 and was previously raised for PROD, so raising for further discussion as improvement in the near future appears unlikely. Fæ (talk) 23:12, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions.  -- Fæ (talk) 23:14, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Missouri-related deletion discussions.  -- Fæ (talk) 23:16, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:19, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete - lacks "significant independent coverage" in reliable sources and therefore fails the notablity requirements in WP:GNG and the MILHIST guidelines in WP:MILMOS/N. Anotherclown (talk) 10:01, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete: Fails WP:MILPEOPLE, a mustang who commanded one destroyer during non-combat operations isn't enough. Unreferenced BLP is a serious concern, and that also disqualifies him under the GNG and BIO. Lastly, it doesn't seem his tenure as superintendant of a prep school is notable either, but I'm not too knowledgable about the notability of academics.  bahamut0013  words deeds 12:36, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete: unreferenced BLP. AustralianRupert (talk) 23:15, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
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