Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jerry Burchfiel


 * 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. Stifle (talk) 08:35, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Jerry Burchfiel

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Non-notable BLP Sadads (talk) 20:48, 18 July 2010 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JForget  01:23, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
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 * Delete - generally, we keep presidents of notable companies, but not vice-presidents. I see no references that can vary this rule here. Bearian (talk) 19:35, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Comment It's a bit rough to call the article a "non-notable BLP" but it does seem to be on the edge, despite the achievements. He's not really notable for being a vice president, but rather his earlier work contracting for arpanet (the pre-internet) apprantly; basically, it seems like there should be more about this person. Here's a forbes mention and a few quotes about the first email, this article and others quoting forbes. There's also several cites of his papers across the web.  That said, no opinion either way - personal notability does seem a bit in question. Ryan Norton 01:54, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Questionable notability. Sources not strong enough to meet WP:V --Whoosit (talk) 22:07, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per the lack of reliable sources. A Google Books search also returns no nontrivial coverage about the subject. The sources provided by Ryan Norton are tangential&mdash;not specifically about Jerry Burchfiel. This article fails Biographies of living persons, Notability (people), and Verifiability, so should be deleted. Cunard (talk) 01:08, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
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