Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Anderson (Cal Scale)


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The result was delete. Not convinced this subject meets our WP:GNG nor WP:NAUTHOR based on what I see in this discussion.

Thanks everyone for participating and if you disagree with this decision please take it to Deletion review - unless there is a tech issue. Thanks for assuming good faith and happy new year! Missvain (talk) 00:21, 29 December 2021 (UTC)

John Anderson (Cal Scale)

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(Too complicated for PROD). At first glance, this looks well cited, however the latter citations are more about his wife than him. This man existed and and did some amazing model railroad work (documented here, although not sure it's a reliable source). However I am unable to find evidence that he meets biographic notability. He died in 2000, but there should be something on line relative to his model railroad work, and I'm unable to find reference to it. Much of Trains magazine is his writing, but he doesn't appear to meet notability as an author. Thoughts? Star  Mississippi  14:31, 7 December 2021 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Extraordinary Writ (talk) 19:13, 14 December 2021 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Extraordinary Writ (talk) 19:49, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
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 * Comment This is an unclear one. From a quick search, I'm getting results, but figuring out which are relevant and provide significant coverage, if any, will take a while. I will continue to look into this. NMRA is a long standing organization (founded 1935) in the model railroading world, and sets many standards for model train designs and production, I'd consider them reliable for anything pertaining to model trains. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 16:32, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks @Trainsandotherthings, especially re: the RS element. One thing I ran into when I found this in the backlog is that there's another John Anderson who is also involved in the model railroad world. If he's family and you find sourcing about either man, maybe there's something about the family's work? Just thinking out loud there. Star   Mississippi  16:50, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
 * At this point, I'm going to have to say Weak delete. I just can't find enough references to support notability. I can't think of any good redirect targets, either. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 20:43, 21 December 2021 (UTC)


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