Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kenneth Richardson


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The result was delete.  Sandstein  08:36, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

Kenneth Richardson

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I do not think this person is notable - he is only mentioned in passing by the source cited in the article, and that's as part of a lengthy list of people whose names appeared in the Venona cables. Basically all we know about him is his name, occupation, and that he was a "source" for Soviet Intelligence between 1943 and 1945. This is not in itself enough to make someone notable, especially absent any significant, in-depth coverage in reliable sources (all I've been able to find is brief, passing mentions). Fails WP:GNG and WP:BIO. Fyddlestix (talk) 02:40, 12 September 2015 (UTC)
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 * DElete -- I agree. He sounds a NN petty spy to me, at a period when USA and USSR were allies not opponents.  Peterkingiron (talk) 18:03, 12 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete, unless the type of coverage required to satisfy WP:N can be found. Canadian   Paul  18:49, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment. Here's what I can find about him. He was also vice president and general manager of World Wide Electronics, Inc. He ran his own company, Kenneth Richardson Laboratories, in Lynbrook, NY, and I think he went on to work at Bilnor where he was assigned some patents. VWOA (Veteran Wireless Operators Association) gave him an award in 1971 when he was there at Chief Electronics Engineer. He joined the Radio Club of America in 1974. He was retired by 1989 but still an IEEE member. Fences  &amp;  Windows  22:03, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete: as non-notable individual. Quis separabit?  17:42, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete - Searches on the engines return quite a few hits, unfortunately, none seem to be about this particular person.  Onel 5969  TT me 15:26, 19 September 2015 (UTC)


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