Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert W. Faid

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Reliable sources mentioning Faid only mention him for a single thing: his theory that Mikhail Gorbachev is the Antichrist, for which he received the satirical Ig Nobel Prize. Here are three such sources; note that the third has merely a passing mention:

1. {{Cite web |last=Levine |first=Art |date=June 4, 1988 |title=THE DEVIL IN GORBACHEV |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1988/06/05/the-devil-in-gorbachev/34f9db9b-9498-4894-9800-90f7d3d4e434/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905173437/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1988/06/05/the-devil-in-gorbachev/34f9db9b-9498-4894-9800-90f7d3d4e434/ |archive-date=September 5, 2022 |access-date=December 29, 2024 |website=Washington Post}}
2. {{Cite web |last=Abrahams |first=Marc |author-link=Marc Abrahams |date=May 10, 2004 |title=Devilish digits |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2004/may/11/highereducation.research |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808002736/https://www.theguardian.com/education/2004/may/11/highereducation.research |archive-date=August 8, 2022 |access-date=December 29, 2024 |website=The Guardian}}
3. {{Cite journal |last=Whisker |first=Daniel |date=July 2012 |title=Apocalyptic Rhetoric on the American Religious Right: Quasi-Charisma and Anti-Charisma |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24579923 |journal=Max Weber Studies |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=159–184 |quote=The periodic modification of the specific signs of prophetic fulfilment is a key feature of the discourse: no-one now presents Mikhail Gorbachev as a potential Antichrist, as did Robert Faid in 1988 (Faid 1988), or the Native Americans as Antichrist's army, as did Cotton Mather in 1693 (Boyer 1992). |via=JSTOR}}

In its current state, the article contains information far beyond this single thing. This information is either completely unsourced or copied verbatim, in what I assume is a copyright violation, from [https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/greenvilleonline/name/robert-faid-obituary?id=49001669 Faid's obituary] on Legacy.com, an unreliable source which hosts user-generated content and nonsensically claims that Faid "held the honor of being in the top ten nuclear scientists until 1975".

In my opinion, this single thing for which Faid is known is not enough to make him notable. Instead, this information, along with the three sources above, would be better suited as a part of a different article, perhaps {{slink|List of conspiracy theories#Antichrist}} or Faid's entry at {{slink|List of Ig Nobel Prize winners#1993}}. –CopperyMarrow15 (talk – edits) 22:51, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. –CopperyMarrow15 (talk – edits) 22:51, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

• Redirect or merge to List of Ig Nobel Prize winners § 1993. Also add more info in the target page about his Antichrist theories, the one thing reliable sources confirm about him.

:JekyllTheFabulous (talk) 23:03, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Authors, Military, Christianity, Engineering, Maryland, and South Carolina. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 23:18, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
• Comment The entire Biography section was all but a direct copy from his [https://www.baltimoresun.com/2008/06/01/faid-robert-bob-w-veteran/ 2008 Baltimore Sun obituary] - and has been since April 2009. I've removed the copyvio text and RD1'd the article history. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 23:40, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
• Delete per above discussion, although I'm not opposed to a redirect. Bearian (talk) 02:39, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Beeblebrox ^Beebletalks 22:39, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

• For the record, since I didn't state an opinion in my original post, I agree with the sentiment to redirect and merge to {{slink|List of Ig Nobel Prize winners#1993}}. –CopperyMarrow15 (talk – edits) 01:26, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
• redirect and merge to {{slink|List of Ig Nobel Prize winners#1993}}. 190.219.101.187 (talk) 18:40, 12 January 2025 (UTC) (sock strike Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:31, 12 January 2025 (UTC))

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