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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard Wiggs

: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 rename to Anti-Concorde Project and remove the biographical information. I will tag the article for cleanup to encourage editors to restructure the article accordingly. Metropolitan90 (talk) 05:23, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

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Although many of the article's claims are referenced to sources, these are claims about Concorde and super-sonic air transport generally. The only references to Wiggs and his activism in the cited literature appear to be in his own book, thus I cannot see how the putative subject of the article has received "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject" as mandated by WP:N. Rather than a piece about Wiggs, the article appears as a WP:ESSAY and a WP:COATRACK on which to hang anti-supersonic arguments. In short: no evidence of notability of Wiggs as an individual. FrFintonStack (talk) 03:49, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

:Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:43, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

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  • Keep or restructure and repurpose. The fact that the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick has accepted the archives of the Campaign against Supersonic Transport (or whatever its correct name is) suggests to me that it is notable; and that is what at least half the article is about. Whether its founder is also notable is a differnet question. Peterkingiron (talk) 10:21, 2 February 2013 (UTC)
  • Rename to The Anti-Concorde Project and remove the biography, if thats an option. The campaign against Concorde is notable - it always gets a mention in any documentary or information about the plane. The article is not being used as a soapbox as Concorde no longer makes a noise. Periglio (talk) 17:44, 2 February 2013 (UTC)
  • Rename per Periglio. - The Bushranger One ping only 16:18, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

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

:Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mediran (t • c) 09:57, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

  • Rename and cut stuff about Wiggs. The biographical info about Wiggs is very poorly sourced, but the anti-Concorde campaign and criticisms of Concorde generally appear to be notable topics - even if most sources aren't online. --Colapeninsula (talk) 10:23, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
  • move/rename to appropriate title for anti-Concorde material. Right now one seems to be a coatrack for the other, not sure which way, but the anti-Concorde stuff seems to be what is notable. Mangoe (talk) 17:41, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
  • I will now support rename to The Anti-Concorde Project. A summary of the bio-stuff might be kept (but not the whole) in the repurposed article. Peterkingiron (talk) 13:51, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

: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.