Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Charles M. McKim


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The result was   delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:45, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

Charles M. McKim

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Searched through databases on architects,newspapers, and other sources only available behind an university paywall but could find not any reliable references that would support the claim that he was a notable architect. The only reference I found is a short biography in a book on the WWII but this does not provide any evidence that his war service was particularly notable: many individuals flew 35 combat missions and were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with Clusters. LittleHow (talk) 14:56, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
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 * Weak delete. My research had similar results to LittleHow's.  Of course the other Charles McKim was a titan of American architecture, but about this Charles McKim there is very little. (I found nothing indicating a relationship.) I agree that the sourced info about his military career--distinguished, brave, and appreciated though it was--does not convey Wiki-notability.  However, I did turn up one small indication of possible notability--he appears on a list of notable architects in the World Almanac (here's links to Google Books's snippets from the 1974 and 2003 editions, and he's in both), so evidently someone thought he was notable. I haven't yet turned up any information suggesting that either of the named buildings--the KUHT transmitter building or Church of the Redeemer (Houston, Texas) is architecturally distinguished (although KUHT may be historically significant as the first public TV station in the U.S.). I am open to changing my view, if such evidence is produced. --Arxiloxos (talk) 19:01, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
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 * Weak delete: I qualify "weak" because I can only speak intelligently to half of his notability claim; I can't really judge if he mees WP:ARTIST or not. However, he surely fails WP:MILPEOPLE. Mere participation in battles isn't enough, and the information about his participation in the China Burma India Theater of World War II is pretty vague (doesn't cite any specific battles, etc). Even I have to admit that a DFC alone isn't enough either.  bahamut0013  words deeds 20:53, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
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