Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William E. Nelson (2nd nomination)

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The result was delete. Tone 07:24, 13 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

William E. Nelson[edit]

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The supposed WP:RS in the article goes to 404 errors. This Google Search doesn't produce any RS. I tried with his name + wax, same. Google search of just his name doesn't produce anything either. I came across this when I was looking for a different William E. Nelson, the legal scholar. The legal scholar might be notable. --David Tornheim (talk) 09:59, 6 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 11:19, 6 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Environment-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 11:19, 6 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Nothing claimed in the article body is "inherently" notable enough to exempt him from having to be sourced much, much better than this. There's also a potential conflict of interest here, as the article has been extensively edited by someone with the username Waxxywilly77, and was created by an editor who states on his own user page that he's from the same small town as the subject. How the hell has this survived this long in this state without getting thrown in the trash? Bearcat (talk) 22:36, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Per Bearcat. A pet project with serious WP:COI potential. Besides this FB post, I found very little about this "inventor." If such profile would have been correct, his name would have come up in scholarly and legal publications. Rosario (talk) 05:36, 13 October 2018 (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.