Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frederick C. Mennen

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The result was redirect to Jiffy Pop. (non-admin closure) Lourdes 06:43, 27 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Frederick C. Mennen

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Fails WP:ANYBIO. WP:BEFORE turns up the nyt obit on the article and a few mentions that he invented Jiffy-Pop. Nothing whatsoever in detail. The only source for his invention of a medical device seems to be his company, and other primary sources, which of course does not speak to his notability. He apparently also invented an improvement to a gasoline lawn mower, but those are also primary sources.It appears the only detailed journalistic source is the nyt obit, and generally if a person hadn't been written about except at the occasion of their death, there is little chance they are notable. There's been quite a bit written about his inventions, but very little written about him. John from Idegon (talk) 08:57, 6 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The Jiffy-Pop source is a Congara product page. Conagra is a fortune 500 company. It should be considered the valid, additional source. I will happily improve on the page, however considering the history between this user and I, a third party should intervene. Bmk812 (talk) 09:16, 6 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Please explain how the splash page for a product that doesn't even mention the subject of the article in question's name, shows in any way that this guy meets the above mentioned notability guideline? Never mind that the source isn't reliable or independent, just explain how a page that doesn't even mention the guy shows that the guy is notable. John from Idegon (talk) 09:38, 6 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

What are you talking about? The archived version talks about him in the first paragraph.Bmk812 (talk) 16:44, 6 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect This is a perfect candidate for being a redirect to Jiffy-pop. Mennen might not quite have enough notability for a stand-alone, but his crowning achievement really seems to be the popcorn (sorry gonorrhea invention). menaechmi (talk) 16:32, 6 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Bmk812 (talk) 17:07, 6 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

That seems like a reasonable solution. John from Idegon (talk) 17:27, 6 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Indiana-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 17:30, 6 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 11:48, 13 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 04:34, 20 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Jiffy Pop. --Animalparty! (talk) 05:41, 20 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. --Animalparty! (talk) 05:42, 20 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - As this has been relisted twice despite a clear consensus to redirect, I wanted to mention again that Redirect to Jiffy Pop would be a reasonable solution to me, the nominator. John from Idegon (talk) 05:12, 27 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.