Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frank W. Bubb Sr.


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Tim Song (talk) 03:54, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Frank W. Bubb Sr.

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No sources found (apart from a blog), possible hoax.  Anna Lincoln  08:38, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
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 * This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 11:52, 11 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep Obit in the New York Times mentioning Manhattan Project, which rather implies notability.  Published on radiation    from University of Chicago connects the ties -- in case you had forgotten the role of the university in the history of physics.   connects him to the Manhattan Project.  A lot is still classified - I only found some personal information a couple years back, although I knew that anyone with a "Q Clearance" likely worked on the project.   gives middle initial as "O" "Early in 1942, the cyclotron was put under government control as part of the Manhattan Project, seeking plutonium in World War II. The first isolated plutonium in the world, which would barely fit on the head of a pin, was accomplished with this cyclotron. In the summer of 1943, Frank O. Bubb, head of applied mathematics, took charge of the cyclotron as it once again fell under University auspices. " but is belied by     Compton, by the way, is the one of the "Compton Effect."   "In 1944, Harry Brookings Wallace, the president of WU Corp., sent Frank Bubb, math prof, and Dr. Evarts A. Graham, chief of surgery at the Medical School, to Chicago to convince Compton to accept the chancellorship. Bubb directed cyclotron activities at WU during the war. ... " is not a blog.  So notable, and vastly underappreciated, as were many on the Manhattan Project. Made the New York Times for it. Collect (talk) 13:33, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. Probably passes WP:PROF, and an obit in the NYT helps show notability. Fences  &amp;  Windows  22:50, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Notability for scientists is a lower bar than one set by earning an NYT obit for their academic / scientific work.John Z (talk) 11:50, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. Subject is notable for nuclear work but article needs much expansion. Xxanthippe (talk) 03:13, 14 November 2009 (UTC).
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