Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William I. Orr


 * 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 keep. Eddie891 Talk Work 20:24, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

William I. Orr

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Doesn't meet WP:BIO or WP:GNG. Passed previous AfD, but that was in 2006 - we have moved a long way since then in terms of what we accept. Boleyn (talk) 17:27, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * weak keep it seems like an important subject in the history of radio with his involvement in Amateur_radio_satellite and the "Radio handbook" which is cited in the scientific literature I am willing to give this the benefit of the doubt. But I question whether there is enough WP:RS on this person to really justify an article. --hroest

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Extraordinary Writ (talk) 20:21, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notable in his field. I was able to find an online transcription of what appeared to be a printed obituary, and this clearly demonstrated his notability in the area of ham radio. I note that he also appears to have references in the print copies of ham radio magazines, but these do not seem to have been digitised. RomanSpa (talk) 21:55, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. I'd be more strong in my support if I could find published reviews for his books (likely in ham radio magazines). But I think the obituaries we have are enough to indicate his significance in the area and pass WP:GNG. —David Eppstein (talk) 06:48, 18 August 2021 (UTC)


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