Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William D. Leathem

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The result of the debate was Delete. (aeropagitica) 00:51, 11 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

William D. Leathem

Was prodded with the reason The subject is not notable with one mention as the sixth name on a single patent in 1980 and a unverifiable claim to have received a Purple Heart. Zoology links here, however. So either he's notable or the reference to him should be removed from zoology. Couldn't find anything on Google. —Ruud 02:02, 8 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete for the prod reason. I prodded the article originally and left a message on the user-talk page but got no reply from the editor Hml13. The name William D. Leathem was added on 28th January 2006 to the Zoology page by anonymous editor 68.77.23.156 followed five minutes later by an update from Hml13. I didn't want to remove the name from Zoology until there was some certainty about the subject. Green Giant 02:18, 8 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, little assertion of notability. Royboy crashfan 02:57, 8 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per above. Also, sadly, Purple Hearts are too common to increase notability. Melchoir 08:32, 8 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: a very impressive man, but the notability doesn't pan out as the article claims. The claim about inventing the TPN lipid emulsion is a stretch, the patent I found [1] is from 1992 and describes one of a few designer TPN lipid solutions. He may have worked on others though. The glucose polymer patent is impressive but the application never seemed to pan out. I think his grandson was just proud enough of him to make the article -- Samir ∙ T C 09:08, 8 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as nn. --Ter e nc e Ong 09:12, 8 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per above. Though he seems to have done a lot in his life, its not enough to count for him to count as notable --TBC^{??? ??? ???} 13:10, 8 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: if deleted, I suggest his name be removed from the zoology page so it is accurate and this article is not recreated. -- Kjkolb 14:00, 8 March 2006 (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.