Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Paul Watson


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The result was   merge to Hortapharm B.V.. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 01:53, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

David Paul Watson

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Apparently, this person fails the notability guideline. Ymblanter (talk) 12:53, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
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 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  TheSpecialUser TSU 13:31, 26 August 2012 (UTC)




 * Why would this person fail the notability guideline he is the CEO of the most important legal cannabis producing companies in the world that has deals with bayer and other biopharmaceutical giants, he also wrote Hemp Diseases and Pests: Management and Biological Control : an Advanced Treatise (book)

1. The person's research has made significant impact in their scholarly discipline, broadly construed, as demonstrated by independent reliable sources.

he is also known for creating a stain of cannabis that is the most used in the world called SKUNK and you might found this irrelevant but many people might find it interesting — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vjiced (talk • contribs) 18:41, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
 * WP:ITSINTERESTING. - The Bushranger One ping only 23:18, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Redirect/merge to Hortapharm B.V.. His company appears to be more notable than he is. --MelanieN (talk) 20:51, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
 * P.S. The same appears to be true of his partner in the company, Robert Connell Clarke. Nominator might want to consider nominating that article for deletion or redirect/merge as well. --MelanieN (talk) 20:52, 2 September 2012 (UTC)


 * keep (and don't merge to Hortapharm).  He's notable as both a cannabis grower and also for his connection to mainstream pharma via Hortapharm. I fail to understand the nomination: the sourcing is there. Is this some moral stand against illegal cannabis? If so, why do we have Howard Marks?  In this case he's also an important bridge between the illegal and legal manufacture of THC. Andy Dingley (talk) 11:51, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
 * The sourcing of WHAT is there? How does it show notability?--Ymblanter (talk) 12:15, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Merge to Hortapharm B.V., per WP:BASIC. I see he contributed to the book Marijuana and the Cannabinoids but that doesn't add a great deal more IMO. -- Trevj (talk) 12:30, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
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