Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gus McLeod

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The result was keep. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 05:09, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

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Notability is questionable. Lots of statements without any supporting sources or citations. Bgsu98 (talk) 04:29, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

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:Well he has been twice on television, and he has written a book. Sounds kinda notable to me.Wjhonson (talk) 19:44, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

Keep. Neither the current state of the article, nor appearing twice on television are reasons to delete or keep. Notability is based on the existence of suitable sources, not on the state of sourcing in an article. Although this article definitely needs improvement, the subject surpasses General Notability Guidelines. His adventures have received significant coverage from multiple independent, reliable sources over a period of time.{{cite newspaper|last=Lang|first=John|title=Amateur pilot answering the call of the Arctic plans to challenge north pole in biplane|work=The Star-Ledger|date= December 26, 1999|page=36|via=NewsBank|url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/0EFEAE2AECC26531}}{{cite news |last1=Ruane |first1=Michael E. |title=Death and Daring |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/2000-04/05/042r-040500-idx.html |work=Washington Post |date=April 5, 2000 |page=B1}}{{cite news |last1=McCord |first1=Joel |title=After frigid flight, aviator met with warm reception; Pilot reached North Pole after journey in open plane |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2000-05-03-0005030122-story.html |work=Baltimore Sun |date=May 2, 2000}}{{cite news |last1=Boin |first1=Sonia |title=Polar pilot tells of pain, near-death experiences |url=https://www.fredericknewspost.com/archives/polar-pilot-tells-of-pain-near-death-experiences/article_63b52342-c694-57ed-b882-f57a2c5689eb.html |work=The Frederick News-Post |date=May 6, 2000 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=McCord |first1=Joel |title=Weather slowing North Pole explorer; Snow in Ontario stalls open-cockpit pilot |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2000-04-07-0004070126-story.html |work=Baltimore Sun |date=April 6, 2000}}{{cite newspaper|last=Andes|first= Jennifer|title=Pilot makes Pole trip - in open cockpit - Aircraft, ashes of friend left behind in Arctic|newspaper=The Seattle Times|date= April 27, 2000|page=A7|via= NewsBank|url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/0EB53A52993DA961}}{{cite newspaper|first=Paul|last=Bonner|title=Adventurer to bare polar tale on TV|newspaper=The Herald-Sun|date=June 4, 2000|page=B1|via=NewsBank|url= https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/100356AF345EA5D8}}{{cite news |last1=Dunkel |first1=Tom |title=Adventure Mode |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2004-01-08-0401080016-story.html |work=Baltimore Sun |date=January 8, 2004 |page=1D}}{{cite news |last1=Talcott |first1=Christina |title=After a Record-Setting Voyage, Trying to Inspire More to Soar |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2005/01/06/after-a-record-setting-voyage-trying-to-inspire-more-to-soar/61b28023-059a-4d31-bbaa-9a33e3371083/ |work=Washington Post |date=January 6, 2005}} These are just a handful of news sources covering his journeys, and they don't even include his reality show appearances or potential reviews of his book. McLeod is also currently executive director of the Glenn L. Martin Maryland Aviation Museum.{{cite news |last1=Dillard |first1=Demetrius |title=Martin Museum presents veteran astronaut Tom Jones in latest speaker program |url=https://www.avenuenews.com/news/local/martin-museum-presents-veteran-astronaut-tom-jones-in-latest-speaker-program/article_5b3cbdbc-3c16-5aa0-816e-54fb70e1c84a.html |work=The Avenue News |date=July 13, 2022 |language=en}} In short, ample sources exist for composing a neutral, well-written, policy-compliant article, even if it's only a few paragraphs. --Animalparty! (talk) 05:34, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 04:50, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

Keep He is notable https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2003/dec/29/20031229-092804-4544r/ 1, http://edition.cnn.com/2003/US/12/29/pole.solo/ 2 and meets the notability criteria. Fifthapril (talk) 06:24, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
Keep He appears to meet the notability guidelines and have sufficient citations and RS references to merit an article. Go4thProsper (talk) 20:37, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

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