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Mid-level army officer and minor academic. No indication in article that topic meets WP:BIO, no third party sourcing (either in article or locatable through Google News/Books). Hrafn^Talk_Stalk(P) 09:41, 9 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 23:21, 10 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 23:22, 10 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Too little coverage to demonstrate notability under either WP:BIO or WP:PROF. Nsk92 (talk) 23:30, 10 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. It seems clear that he does not pass WP:PROF for his academic work, so we have to rely on WP:BIO for his military work. But the sources that have been provided are completely inadequate for that: we don't have any third-party sources that cover him in any depth, instead we have two sources that merely name-check him and two patents he wrote (not third-party). —David Eppstein (talk) 00:06, 11 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per above, insufficient coverage to establish notability. bW 08:21, 11 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: doesn't seem to meet notability requirements. As a military man, he doesn't seem to have had any significance (no important commands/roles, no significant advances, no awards, etc.) per WP:MILPEOPLE. There's also some gaps in his history that lend me to think his duties and accomplishments were routine in nature, namely, what exactly was he doing in WWII (the current "served in a variety of theaters" is far to vague to mean anything)? What about Korea? What was his role in the Chemical Corps? I can't speak very intelligently to his academic role, but it does seem he fails WP:PROF. Add to that a general WP:BIO and WP:GNG failures, the article doesn't have a leg to stand on. bahamut0013^words _deeds 12:28, 11 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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 *'''Delete'''. It seems clear that he does not pass [[WP:PROF]] for his academic work, so we have to rely on [[WP:BIO]] for his military work. But the sources that have been provided are completely inadequate for that: we don't have any third-party sources that cover him in any depth, instead we have two sources that merely name-check him and two patents he wrote (not third-party). —[[User:David Eppstein|David Eppstein]] ([[User talk:David Eppstein|talk]]) 00:06, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
 *'''Delete''' per above, insufficient coverage to establish notability. ''<font color="blue">[[User:BelloWello|b]]''</font><font color="navy">'''[[User talk:BelloWello|W]]'''</font> 08:21, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
+*'''Delete''': doesn't seem to meet notability requirements. As a military man, he doesn't seem to have had any significance (no important commands/roles, no significant advances, no awards, etc.) per [[WP:MILPEOPLE]]. There's also some gaps in his history that lend me to think his duties and accomplishments were routine in nature, namely, what exactly was he doing in WWII (the current "served in a variety of theaters" is far to vague to mean anything)? What about Korea? What was his role in the Chemical Corps? I can't speak very intelligently to his academic role, but it does seem he fails [[WP:PROF]]. Add to that a general [[WP:BIO]] and [[WP:GNG]] failures, the article doesn't have a leg to stand on. '''[[User:Bahamut0013|<span style="background:#2F4F4F;color:#FFF;font-family:Comic Sans MS"> bahamut0013</span>]]'''<span style="background:#DCDCDC"><small>[[User talk:Bahamut0013|<sup style="color:#000;margin-left:-1px">words</sup>]][[Special:Contributions/Bahamut0013|<sub style="color:#000;margin-left:-16px">deeds</sub>]]</small></span> 12:28, 11 May 2011 (UTC)