Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Samuel Silberkraus

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The result was delete--Ymblanter (talk) 11:49, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Samuel Silberkraus[edit]

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WP:NOTMEMORIAL and fails WP:GNG. Looking at the page, it seem to qualify - ten sources and even a Guardians postage stamp. Well, that postage stamp is a "photo" stamp tribute from a Wikipedian whose talk page shows issues with uploading images.[1] A Google search of Guardians.org[2] for Silberkraus does not bring up any result. Several of the references in the article link to pages that have no independent source material about Silberkraus and I did not find any support for the claim that he is known as one of the founding fathers of modern thermoplastics.[3] This coupled with a 30 October 2013 post at the Help Desk from someone identifying herself to be his daughter,[4] leads to a conclusion that WP:NOTMEMORIAL is invoked. Also, there is not enough source material to overcome WP:GNG. -- Jreferee (talk) 04:26, 31 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

See related AfD Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Stephen_Silberkraus. -- Green Cardamom (talk) 21:31, 31 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 08:19, 31 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 08:19, 31 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Several of the sources cited in the article only mention Silberkraus in passing; others appear not to mention him at all. Google searches for ("samuel silberkraus" plastic), ("samuel silberkraus" plastics), ("samuel silberkraus" thermoplastic), ("samuel silberkraus" thermoplastics), and ("samuel silberkraus" "santa monica") produce no evidence of significant media coverage. Searching Google Books for ("samuel silberkraus") turns up five hits, all of which appear to be only passing mentions. Searching Google News Archives for ("samuel silberkraus") yields no hits. Seems to be a fairly clear GNG failure here. Ammodramus (talk) 14:44, 31 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per above. Stephen Silberkraus is another family member. He ran for political office in 2012, the same time these articles were created, thus material reason to WP:PUFF importance. Same situation with that article, reliable looking sources that don't mention Silberkraus or in passing. The article looks abandoned no one bothered to update that he lost.[5] -- Green Cardamom (talk) 21:01, 31 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've opened an AfD for Stephen as well. -- Green Cardamom (talk) 21:31, 31 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 12:41, 3 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. No sources. Xxanthippe (talk) 21:37, 3 November 2013 (UTC).[reply]

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