Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Malcolm P. Hebert


 * 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 as failing WP:N. ··· 日本穣 ? · Talk to Nihon joe 16:43, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Further clarification on decision to delete: The article included no reliable sources (the Town Talk link was invalid, this link had nothing to do with the subject of the article, and the RootsWeb link is a generic link to nothing in particular. Being the last (of a total of three, apparently) streets and parks commissioner in a medium-sized city does not in and of itself make someone notable. Nothing else in the article provided any indication of why Mr. Hebert was any more notable than any other streets and parks commisioner in the thousands of other cities that size. Basically, the article failed to satisfy WP:BIO (and by extension, WP:N), WP:V, and WP:RS. ··· 日本穣 ? · Talk to Nihon joe 04:48, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Malcolm P. Hebert

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Local politician, highest elected post, streets and parks commissioner (which apparently is ex officio part of the city council of a modest city). This falls short of WP:BIO. Dhartung | Talk 09:15, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - The highest office he attained was Streets Commissioner for a small (pop 50000) town. Plus, in light of the creator's history this is probably a copyvio from somewhere. -  irides centi   (talk to me!)  10:25, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep if adequately sourced. Article claims he received attention from national publications for an innovative water and sewer pipe design.  That (unlike a great many of the author's other subjects) sounds notable.  As mentioned in the author's other articles, there is a problem with "lazy" sourcing, though, so this assertion is not currently adequately sourced. Nonetheless, I'm not inclined to believe it's just made up.  Keep the article and improve the sourcing. Mwelch 22:29, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment The following passage from the article is telling: "Hebert received recognition in three national publications for his groundbreaking design of a cost effective and practical solution to re-lining water and sewer pipes in Monroe." What are these three citations?  If added, even one of them might be sufficient to satisfy the minimum notability criteria as described at WP:BIO. --User:Ceyockey ( talk to me ) 03:08, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. "Hebert received recognition in three national publications for his groundbreaking design of a cost effective and practical solution to re-lining water and sewer pipes in Monroe." Did he? What national publications - Time, or Sewer Engineers Quarterly? No citations. The rest of the article is way, way too much information about this unnotable person. If he really did invent a better way of relining pipes, a very short article stating just that and little more would be appropriate. Also, he kept monkeys in his house, and I don't think we want to encourage that sort of thing. Herostratus 04:15, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.