Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hodges machine gun

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The result was delete. postdlf (talk) 00:42, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hodges machine gun[edit]

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This article is entirely based on a patent, which is WP:PRIMARY source as far as WP:GNG is concerned. I wasn't able find any confirmation that this particular patent was actually used in some machine gun. Its appearance in a long list of machine gun patents in a US gov work (by Chinn) does not make it sufficiently notable for Wikipedia. Someone not using his real name (talk) 06:54, 23 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Firearms-related deletion discussions. Someone not using his real name (talk) 06:54, 23 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Also, the description in the wiki article is inaccurate that the design had "no chamber". It's similar to the Agar gun or the Treeby Chain Gun in that disposable/reusable steel contains were supposed to be employed, although the feed system is different. I'm not surprised that the proposal went nowhere since by the 1920s when this was patented, much more practical systems existed.

Delete. Not notable. Just another article based on a patent. There is no information anywhere that this gun ever existed. The article is two sentences long and the information provided is questionable at best.--RAF910 (talk) 14:02, 23 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:51, 23 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - fails WP:GNG. Ansh666 19:44, 23 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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