Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William george nicholson geddes


 * 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 speedy keep. Non-admin closure.  Jonathan T • @ • C 22:19, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

William george nicholson geddes

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Doesn't seem to be an A7, but he doesn't seem notable.  Jonathan T • @ • C 17:19, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as nom  Jonathan T • @ • C 17:20, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep Didn't see the President of Structural Engineers thing. Closing.  Jonathan T • @ • C 22:19, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. I think a single person who served as President of the Institution of Structural Engineers, and of the Insititution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, and of the Institution of Civil Engineers amounts to notability. Sam Blacketer (talk) 18:00, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. Being president of the institutions is no mean feat - and means that the person will have made significant achievements in engineering which make them notable.Tkn20 (talk) 18:05, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. Seems plenty notable. President of three major engineering organizations (each with tens of thousands of members), receiver of honorary doctorate and commander of the Order of the British Empire. henrik  • talk  18:06, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Comments put on Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/William george nicholson geddes by Gordon Masterton:
 * This is my first proposed article for Wikipedia, and as you can see I have made an error in using lower case for middle and surname where upper case letters are appropriate. My apologies, but I have not been able to edit the title to correct this. Advice (if the article survives the deletion challenge) would be welcome.
 * As regards eminence, George Geddes was undoubtedly the leading Scottish civil engineer in the latter part of his career, and until his death. He was senior partner of the largest Scottish firm of consulting engineers, Babtie Shaw and Morton (now part of Jacobs Engineering) and was responsible for the engineering of many major projects, including shipyards on the River Clyde, Belfast (Harland and Wolf) and dams such as the prestressed concrete dam at Allt-na-Lairige, still one of the pioneering uses of this technique. As President of three professional Institutions, and an Honorary DSc and CBE, he was clearly recognised by his peers as an eminent engineer. I recognise that the article does not do him justice and hope that I may be permitted a little more time to add to the credentials for inclusion.
 * Gordon Masterton
 * I've copied his comments here; please can everyone remember WP:BITE? Sam Blacketer (talk) 18:11, 25 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep I am working on the basis that all presidents of the ICE are notable for my target of having an article for all that I have listed at List of Presidents of the ICE, I am grateful for User:Gordon Masterton's creation of this article as another step towards this. Dumelow (talk) 18:27, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep Per above, certainly notable. I also renamed it to William George Nicholson Geddes. Not sure why it was all lower-case. • Lawrence Cohen  21:05, 25 November 2007 (UTC)