Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Owen Roberts (aviator)

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The result was keep. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 18:24, 8 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Owen Roberts (aviator)

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Notability is not inherited, no substantial sources, doesn't meet GNG. Roberts was a WWII Wing Commander, but there's no indication he was "noted"; you would think that he'd have gotten a medal somewhere along the way, but there's no good record of his service floating around. As far as business goes, he founded a company (for which there is only one source to indicate), and that doesn't make him notable as an individual either. When the top ten GHits are the WP article, a bunch of mirrors, and hit 15 is already unrelated, there's a GNG issue. MSJapan (talk) 16:10, 1 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Do not delete - the main airport for the entire nation of the Cayman Islands, Owen Roberts International Airport, is named after him. There must be some reason they would name their main airport after him! Larry Grossman (talk) 02:20, 2 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep or Merge - As Larry Grossman pointed out, Owen Roberts International Airport is named after him. He appears to be somewhat notable, esp. in Cayman Islands. I propose keeping the article and adding citations or merging of this article into the Owen Roberts International Airport article instead. The Giant Purple Platypus (talk) 08:33, 2 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL. Phil Bridger (talk) 10:58, 4 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep. If an airport was named after him, I think there are probably good reasons. I really fail to see the relevance of "notability is not inherited" to this discussion. It's something that's brought up far too much by editors wanting to get articles deleted. If you mean his notability is not inherited from something named after him, I think you've got it the wrong way round! -- Necrothesp (talk) 17:04, 5 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment, subject appears to be a significant contributor to aviation in the Cayman Islands through his lobbying for airfield construction, and ownership of a relatively non-notable regional airlines. At worse this is a candidate for merger to an appropriate article.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 17:19, 5 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Easy Keep. I've found some coverage in the following sources:

Johnson, Vassel, (2001) As I See It: How Cayman Became a Leading Financial Centre, Book Guild, pp 89–90;
Craton, Michael (2003) Founded upon the seas: a history of the Cayman Islands and their people, I. Randle Publishers, pp. 332, 335–36, 347;

n.b: Added info from this source to article.

There appears to be further information in news articles from the Cayman islands, which I can't get access to. This guy seemed to have been a prominent fellow in his day, and since WP:NTEMP says significant coverage at one time is sufficient, I think this passes. We also have to remember that the Cayman Islands are a tiny, tiny place, and it hasn't delved deeply into local history (which isn't uncommon for Caribbean nations I find). The publishers of local history that you might find in larger territories don't appear to exist, and it looks like many works about the Caymans are published in other English-speaking Caribbean countries or in the US/UK. Cdtew (talk) 15:32, 6 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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