Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Horley (3rd nomination)


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The result was   delete. Courcelles 00:09, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

James Horley
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Notability mainly. There is nothing outstandingly notable about anything in the article. Sporting achievements are well below what is considered notable. The newspaper clipping and the link to a register of engineers does not establish any form of exceptional notability. The you-tube links do not back-up claims in the article associated to the references. The article is largely self-promotional (reads almost like a CV) and some edit-warring over additional references of a negative connotation have been removed. This article only just passed the original AfD with most of the keeps dependant on notability establishment. The achievements as listed are quite below notability threshhold I feel. Falcadore (talk) 02:16, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
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 * Beyond 2000 - now that's taking me back! Horley does appear in this clip, but it doesn't verify him as the inventor of this technology, only a driver in the team that did develop it. I usually like to err on the side of keeping, but there's not enough here to pass WP:GNG. If he were somewhere verified as the inventor or co-inventor, that'd probably satisfy me. But he's not, and the balance of the article is also completely unsourced. So, Delete. --Yeti Hunter (talk) 01:40, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Courcelles 00:10, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Courcelles 05:00, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * delete. The only thing in the article that would suggest notability is the invention of motorsport telemetry, but this claim isn't backed up by the available references. Thryduulf (talk) 18:33, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete as per WP:NOTRESUME. also a lack of third party sources to meet WP:BIO. LibStar (talk) 13:24, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete Not notable as a racing driver, or a businessman/engineer. Suitable quantities of refs on the claim to the first in-car telemetry system might support the subject's notability, although 1987 seems a little late for the invention of this technology. 4u1e (talk) 13:37, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
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