Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Voorhies Trahan

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was no consensus. WP:NPASR Mark Arsten (talk) 03:06, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Voorhies Trahan[edit]

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Disputed PROD with no reasons given for removal of PROD tag. Original and remaining concern: No reliable sources to verify this article. Singularity42 (talk) 22:34, 27 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 12:40, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Louisiana-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 12:40, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep as there's one third party reference that, assuming good faith, backs up the article's claims. I lack the subject expertise to investigate further as while being an aquaculture pioneer that lead the way for a multi-hundred-million dollar industry seems a sufficient claim of notability, the relevant newspapers are offline and the books that would discuss the subject are beyond my reach. Oh, and I've done some clean-up to the article. - Dravecky (talk) 13:32, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Did some more digging myself, and found an online version of the text: [1]. The author of the article describes meeting the subject of this article, and describes his farming technique. He gives "full-credit" to the subject for pioneering a crop-rotation between rice and crawfish. The author goes on to suggest this as one way to increase the effectiveness of crawfish harvests

I guess my only question is that in this context (i.e. the context of the subject being the first person to do this type of rotation), how reliable is the source? The author does not state where this information came from, what research was done, etc. Based on this source, I don't doubt that the subject was probably one of the first crawfish farmers to employ this technique. But the very first?? IMO, I would want at least one more independent item to verify the claim before having a Wikipedia article making the claims in this article (especially considering the COI of the editor who created this Wikipedia article). Singularity42 (talk) 14:27, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:48, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, czar · · 05:40, 12 August 2013 (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.