Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thomas William Ferguson


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The result was   keep. As improved; now shows notability  DGG ( talk ) 19:51, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Thomas William Ferguson

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This article appears to be a sympathetic obituary written by a relative, friend, or colleague of the article subject. There's little doubt Dr. Ferguson was a fine fellow. However, the article links to no reliable sources, and a Google search does not return results indicating that Thomas William Ferguson merits an encyclopedia entry. Abbruscato (talk) 20:32, 20 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete as memorial essay for an individual failing to meet notability guidelines. Condolences to his family. Carrite (talk) 22:56, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep after the rewrite. It would nice to see a footnote documenting this: "In 1993 he organized the world's first conference devoted to computer systems designed for medical consumers." —Carrite, Sept. 26, 2010.


 * Delete - seems to fail WP:PEOPLE, I can't find any suitable sources. Bigger digger (talk) 15:07, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak delete: I found a few sources at Google about this doctor, but not much. Bearian (talk) 20:51, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
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 * Pending This guy looks like he may have been notable. He does appear to have been a pioneer in the movement to empower patients and make them partners in their own health care. Searching under variations of his name is finding hits, for example, . The New York Times and USA Today  mention his books. Give me a little time and I'll see if I can document his achievements. --MelanieN (talk) 15:44, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep As written, this easily fails. A heavy re-write is needed, but I feel there is enough material to construct a biographical article. It should be noted that he also went by the name Tom Ferguson, which yields a few hits including Medscape and New York Times obituaries (which differ on his place of death). He's been written up during his life as well. Combining "Medical Self-Care" (his magazine) and Ferguson yields several hits, I think there is enough for notability; the article needs to be rewritten to reflect what can be sourced.Novangelis (talk) 16:26, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep There, I just did a complete rewrite, with sources and plenty of evidence of his notability. --MelanieN (talk) 22:37, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - With a new re-write and sources the person is shown to be notable. Derild  49  21  ☼  22:50, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep The sources found by Novangelis are sufficient grounds for an article. Pax:Vobiscum (talk) 16:00, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
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