Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Gillingham


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The result was Withdraw. (non-admin closure) Dusti*Let's talk!* 08:29, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

James Gillingham

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I'm not seeing the notability for this person. He didn't invent prosthetic limbs, he was a manufacturer of them. Doing a Google search there's flyby mentions of him because he happened to have made that prosthetic limb, or it was a picture he took. I'm just not seeing how this passes WP:GNG. Dus</b><b style="color:#00F">t</b><b style="color:#60C">i</b>*Let's talk!* 09:58, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Withdraw - A big thanks to Phil and AuthorAuthor - I've learned something new today. <b style="color:#F00">D</b><b style="color:#F60">u</b><b style="color:#090">s</b><b style="color:#00F">t</b><b style="color:#60C">i</b>*Let's talk!* 22:15, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
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 * delete,I think this Article croosed WP:NOTADVERTISING and it's Not notable in itself, so delete the Article.Forest90 (talk) 13:08, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
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 * Keep. Clearly passes the general notability guideline by having significant coverage in independent reliable sources, including a 126-page book wholly about the subject. There's no need for someone to be the inventor of a concept to achieve notability. And I don't see how a search for web sites is relevant to the notability of someone who was active in the 19th century. Maybe some of our younger editors don't realise this, but the world-wide web wasn't around then. Phil Bridger (talk) 20:58, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep - A simple Google search turned up reliable sources with significant coverage. I expanded the article using some of those sources. A 2017 BBC documentary includes the subject, and, as pointed out by Phil Bridger, a 2001 book was written solely about the subject. Easily passes WP:GNG and WP:BIO. -AuthorAuthor (talk) 21:17, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete not a notable figure. I couldn't even tell why the article was written. Perhaps instead of him having his own article, add to an existing article about prosthetics?Disaposi (talk) 15:52, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep. Even if only searching online, there's plenty to be found, including the existence of a book about him, academic papers about his work, the fact that his creations are exhibited in several museums in multiple countries , and the BBC coverage , as well as other coverage available online . --Michig (talk) 07:57, 14 April 2019 (UTC)


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