Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edmund W. Pendleton


 * 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 in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. Disregarding the IP's vote partly because of the sockpuppetry concerns and partly because notability on Wikipedia requires independent reliable sources, something their arguments do not address Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 22:30, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

Edmund W. Pendleton

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BLP consisting entirely of original research. All references are primary sources, including the subject's own pilot logbook and college transcripts. Notability concerns raised on Talk by IP when page first created, but were never pursued or addressed. User:EPendleton's sole act on Wikipedia was to create this page. Agricolae (talk) 21:37, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
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 * Delete - No general notability.-- Jim in Georgia  Contribs  Talk  22:00, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete overstuffed vanity page; lacks sources supporting notability.E.M.Gregory (talk) 22:21, 16 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep. This person, Edmund W. Pendleton, is notable because he was a prime force in the X-53 program, an important and successful aeronautical research program. Without his technical contributions and management, this program would never have occurred. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.29.10.127 (talk) 22:56, 16 May 2017 (UTC)
 * What is the basis for this claim? What secondary source attributes to him such importance (enough that he merits his own page, rather than just mention on the Boeing X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing page)?  Agricolae (talk) 23:23, 16 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep. This is a legitimate biography of an individual working on significant research activities that have pushed the state-of-the-art in aerospace science. It has historical significance. User:T.M.Harris  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.3.33.78 (talk) 14:16, 17 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Note to Closing Administrator this appears to be a duplicate 'vote'. IP 98.29.10.127, who left the unsigned 'vote' above, also placed a 'vote' on Talk:Edmund W. Pendleton here  that they signed "Terry M. Harris".  Now IP 132.3.33.78 is voting, signing here as (non-existant) User:T.M.Harris.  Agricolae (talk) 16:31, 17 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete. borderline notability, and written as a promotional memoir, the sort that usually turns out to be a copyvio. a safe working rule is that articles referering to their subjects by the first name are very likely to be inherently promotional, unless the subject is a popular entertainer.  DGG ( talk ) 05:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete too much promotionalism, use of primary sources, and generally a failure to show meeting the notability requirements of academics or to show anything approaching GNG notability.John Pack Lambert (talk) 04:33, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep.  Program managers and chief engineers are carefully vetted for Air Force demonstration programs.  They are qualified and selected in part on the basis of notable engineering and research achievements in their field of specialization.  This bio exposes breadth and depth of training, education, and experience gained by opportunities only possible through working for the Air Force.  Very few people have this background.  Article is well enough written.  User: Chuck from Springfield  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.3.33.80 (talk) 19:19, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Note to Closing Administrator This is the second comment on this AfD made by an IP editor who signed with a bogus user name.-- Jim in Georgia  Contribs  Talk  20:20, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Particularly given that the IP range 132.3.33.78-81 appears to be used interchangeably by a single editor of the page, . Sock/meat puppetry seems likely. Agricolae (talk) 20:46, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
 * For what it's worth, a different IP has been used to blank the page then removed the AfD template, with edit summaries of: "Content removed by primary author. No longer wish to be attacked by trolls. Thank You" and "Please delete all content. Primary author no longer wants name associated with Wiki due to attach by trolls". Actions have been reverted as per explicit statement in AfD template not to do these things. (And if the IP and/or subject is following here, the decision on whether a page is deleted from the project will depend on the outcome of this discussion regarding the notability of the subject, not on the personal desires of either a single editor nor the article's subject.) Agricolae (talk) 20:49, 20 May 2017 (UTC)


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