Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Calutron Girls


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The result was snow keep. Closing a few hours early as it's obvious that consensus is not going to change. (non-admin closure)  Anarchyte  ( work  &#124;  talk )   09:12, 8 February 2017 (UTC)

The Calutron Girls

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No claim of significance. The article is dependent on one reference. Fails GNG  CatcherStorm    talk   18:09, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep. While the article reads like a conspiracy theory, and is sourced to some unreliable website, I don't think it reaches the need for WP:TNT. And the topic does seem notable: a quick look at the Google Books shows there are, indeed, sources. There's less at GSchoolar, but still I feel there's enough, and I am afraid this is a failure of WP:BEFORE on the part of the nominator. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 21:17, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep. I have added File:Y12 Calutron Operators.jpg, a quote "famous" photo by Ed Westcott, that we already had on Commons and already used in Manhattan Project from where I have linked to The Calutron Girls. I have further added seven cite books. Subject is notable and meets GNG. Should likely be moved to Calutron Girls per WP:NCTHE. There's really no need to tag articles like this for deletion 3 minutes after they are created. If an IP or non-autoconfirmed user had requested Calutron Girls at WP:AFC/R I would have had no hesitation with making a change to Manhattan Project similar to (without the wikilink, of course), and create the redirect as a categorized . Should it be merged into Manhattan Project? Perhaps, but that's a question about merging, not deleting. — Sam Sailor 00:50, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
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 * Keep. Important history. Xxanthippe (talk) 02:27, 2 February 2017 (UTC).
 * Keep: There are a few sources through Google Scholar that discuss this as well as a few books that I found through Google Books. I agree that this appears to be an example of a failure of WP:BEFORE on the part of the nominator (it happens to the best of us). Aoba47 (talk) 14:34, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep and rename per Sam Sailor - I removed on sight the conspiracy theories. I don't see that article growing a lot, but Manhattan project is already fairly large and there is no other natural merge target. Tigraan Click here to contact me 16:57, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep I've already moved the article. Lourdes  08:10, 8 February 2017 (UTC)


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