Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rodney Morison (2nd nomination)

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The result was delete. Not counting Wee Curry Monster's second "keep" opinion. Sandstein 07:30, 20 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Rodney Morison[edit]

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long unreferenced biography of article with no clear notabillity and no significant changes in five years. Previous afd prevents me from prodding Sadads (talk) 13:49, 9 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete The U. S. Patent Office records show he held a patent, but that is a primary source. I was unable to find any reliable sources discussing this person in depth (or at all). Not notable. Cullen328 (talk) 15:16, 9 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Does the patent office confirm he was one of the people to hold the patent to the proximity fuze? If so, we might be able to redirect instead. - Mgm|^(talk) 16:41, 9 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Notable from a cursory search for a role in the development of the proximity fuze, a major advance in military technology. Meets notability criteria but needs improvement. Wee Curry Monster talk 19:30, 9 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 16:39, 11 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 16:39, 11 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - seems to fail WP:BIO, as I can't find significant coverage in reliable sources. It's worth noting that, according to the obituary linked in the article, he only 'participated in the development and testing of the radio proximity fuse', not invented it; even if he had, he wouldn't necessarily be notable as a result, but my point is this is even less of a claim to notability than it first seems. Robofish (talk) 20:55, 15 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:03, 16 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Spartaz ^Humbug! 14:13, 18 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merge and redirect to Proximity fuze. Seems to be his only notable contribution to history. --Alan the Roving Ambassador (talk) 19:38, 18 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete A single obit is not sufficient to meet basic WP:BIO guidelines. A merge/redirect to Proximity fuze could be problematic as that article has presently contains no mention of Morison's putative role in its development and I have no clue whether Morison is found in the other sources cited there. The obit is too vague to be useful in this regard. — Scientizzle 19:46, 18 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Having only taken a minor part in the invention of the proximity fuze, I doubt his name is a viable redirect. Other than that, he does not pass WP:BIO so no point in keeping the article. Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:17, 19 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - The source only states that he "participated in" the development of the proximity fuze, not that he was "instrumental" to the development (as the article currently states). With no other sources to go on - very little on Google when searching for the combination of "Rodney Morrison" and "proximity fuze" except mirror sites - I don't really see anything worth even merging or redirecting. Rlendog (talk) 17:16, 19 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: unreferenced bio. obits in general don't satisfy WP:RS. no other sources found. but no objection to recreation if someone finds a reliable source. fails WP:BIO. -Atmoz (talk) 18:53, 19 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This literally screams WP:SOFIXIT to me, we're too eager to delete these stubs without improving them. Wee Curry Monster talk 22:53, 19 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- So... Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:29, 20 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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