Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sigmund Borgundvåg


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The result was   Nomination withdrawn in light of sources found. LibStar (talk) 06:17, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Sigmund Borgundvåg

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fails WP:BIO. Norwegian article doesn't have much either. 1 gnews hit. LibStar (talk) 04:16, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
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 * Keep A search with Atekst (which searches the archives of most major Norwegian newspapers) gives 21 hits. This includes for instance a 701 letter article in Aftenposten on 18 November 2005 which is a dedicated interview with Borgundvåg and his work as an engineer. He has also sat as a board member in Farstad Shipping. Him leaving the board resulted in a 186 letter article in Dagens Næringsliv on 13 May 2005. Arsenikk (talk)  19:32, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Is there any way you can provide a link to some of these sources? I'm not familiar with Atekst and couldn't find any of these articles.  Also, did you mean "701-word" or "701-letter" article?  A 701-letter interview would not be very significant.    Snotty Wong   communicate 18:26, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
 * "Atekst" appears to be a pay service, for a mere 12.5 euro/ 17 US$, you can get four articles. blech.--Milowent • talkblp-r  01:46, 5 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep Has major accomplishments, the problem as I see it is not notability but sources, and User:Arsenikk found plenty. (Their being in Norwegian doesn't matter. The Rolls Royce link is broken and I was called away while trying to find it archived.) Yngvadottir (talk) 19:35, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:BEFORE, WP:GNG. A quick search before nomination would have revealed plenty of articles.  Rescue. Bearian (talk) 17:04, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Note that WP:BEFORE is not a policy which can logically be used to argue for or against the deletion of an article. It simply lists things that you should do before you nominate an article for deletion.  Therefore, saying "Keep per WP:BEFORE" doesn't make sense.    Snotty Wong   chat 18:22, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Agree with Snotty, Bearian you should know as an admin that WP:BEFORE does not apply as an argument for keeping. My nomination did include a search. LibStar (talk) 23:35, 4 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment: This is one is a challenge, but I am finding some useful sources by searching Aftenposten archives and Kvasir (a Norwegian search engine):(1) July 7, 2005 article in Teknisk Ukeblad, see (trans. ), crediting him as having a major role in the development of Norway's largest shipbuilding area.  See also,, a September 3, 2001 article in Aftenposten (its the Design-boom i Ulsteinvik article (Design boom in Ulsteinvik), which seems to also address his influence in that area, unfortunately you have to pay for full text); (3) Feb 16, 1999 article in Aftenposten, I can tell it talks about the guy, can't tell if in depth; (4) article on maritimeandenergy.com (this may be a shipping industry PR service, so its not independent necessarily) (noting him as leading designer in ships).  There may be more if anyone looks further.--Milowent • talkblp-r  03:33, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep- nice improvements and searching for sourcing.--Milowent • talkblp-r 19:57, 5 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep The Google news search only has one result at first. Looking deeper I found a French news result calling him the "architect of genius" and talking about his boats he designed.   They write his name as Sigmund Borgundvaag there though, but mention his boats, and he is a famous boat designer from Norway.   D r e a m Focus  07:05, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment Yes, å is usually rendered aa in other languages. I've added references supporting all the article's claims based on what was mentioned here plus what else I could find, but I was unable to find the 2005 interview User:Arsenikk found, so I encourage him and others to add more. Yngvadottir (talk) 19:41, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
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