Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/George Carter III


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The result was keep. Of note is that the two delete !votes following the nomination are not guideline- or policy-based. North America1000 17:47, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

George Carter III

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Does not meet WP:GNG. Carter is known for his contribution to laser tag, so perhaps a redirect to that article is warranted, but there is not much depth of coverage from reliable, independent sources, even in the "Press Mentions" section of his own web page. The other two inventions do not seem to have received any coverage outside of Carter's website, and the inclusion of their patents constitutes original research without proving anything -- the existence of a patent in no way guarantees the notability of the invention. ubiquity (talk) 00:38, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete It is too short of an article. 2602:306:3357:BA0:3907:1CF9:300C:CF27 (talk) 01:32, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
 * See WP:TOOSHORT. North America1000 01:54, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. North America1000 01:53, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
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 * Delete. Too obscure. Xxanthippe (talk) 02:24, 21 June 2016 (UTC).
 * Keep Added New York Times, Newsweek, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal etc interviews and news reports on Carter. Satisfies GNG. Xender Lourdes (talk) 03:31, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep - Obscure yes, but meets WP:BASIC with multiple bylined articles from notable, non-local-only newspapers. Fieari (talk) 03:32, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep - He's obscure, but not insignificant. He has garnered a lot of press largely over laser tag, but has created both minor and major inventions that are worth noting. I'll work on finding more media sources. However pre internet makes some of these press mentions harder to find. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Masonpelt (talk • contribs) 21:57, 27 June 2016 (UTC)  — Masonpelt (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.


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