Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gary Freedman (2nd nomination)

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The result was delete. ✗plicit 13:18, 9 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Gary Freedman[edit]

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Not notable - I'm assuming this isn't the same person that is being referred to in the previous PROD on talk page. Known for one thing. If the Company had an article some of this may belong there. Andrewgprout (talk) 03:38, 2 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

*Keep It is not the same person as the previous PROD from 2006. This time, I argue he is notable based on the accomplishment alone. Also officials say it might have been the longest electric plane flight. If that is true, then there is 0 notability doubt. If you look at Cook Strait#Timeline, most of the people who swam the strait + first time people have articles with some only having that accomplishment listed on their articles (Example: Barrie Devenport.) This is no different. Elijahandskip (talk) 04:00, 2 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Retune Article to Event from the delete !vote from Andrewgprout, the problem is that the pilot, which the article is about, is not notable, but the event is notable. So let's retune the article toward the event instead of the pilot. Elijahandskip (talk) 05:22, 2 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as proposer - mostly WP:1E with a side order of promotional WP:SPIP. Coverage needs to be much more indepth about the subject of the article to be considered notable. Andrewgprout (talk)

In that case, would the fact that it was the first electric plane flight over the strait (and possibly the longest electric flight over water), make it notable enough for an article? Like should we rewrite the article tuned to the event instead of the pilot? Elijahandskip (talk) 04:58, 2 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New Zealand-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 04:36, 2 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. A 40-minute flight in an electric airplane (which is not even known for certain to be a record) is not worth an article, and Wikipedia is not a newspaper. Clarityfiend (talk) 08:14, 2 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete looking at other electric powered aircraft, there is nothing significant about it or the flight, other than it being the first electric powered flight across Cook Strait. Maybe just add a sentance in Pipistrel to cover it otherwise it fails WP:GNG NealeWellington (talk) 09:48, 2 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Aviation-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 10:45, 2 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete nothing notable about this flight and therefore the person flying. Wasn't the longest or farthest flight in an electric plane. Aircraft don't know or care if the surface of the earth below them is water or land, makes no difference to whether they fly or not. No different to flying across a great lake, or the world's largest ranch etc. Canterbury Tail talk 11:40, 2 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per WP:1E, also GNG. Jr8825 • Talk 01:04, 3 November 2021 (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.