Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paul Bechly
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The result was delete. ✗plicit 23:58, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
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I found this article as it was raised at BLPN recently by PLBechly, who says they are the subject. Bechly does not seem to be particularly notable – none of the cited sources seem to be independent of the subject, and I am unable to find coverage which is. Nor do I believe that their awards are the kind of well-known or significant
ones which would qualify for notability through WP:ANYBIO. Caeciliusinhorto (talk) 20:18, 16 February 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Caeciliusinhorto (talk) 20:18, 16 February 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Finance and Engineering. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 20:48, 16 February 2025 (UTC)
- Delete. H-factor of 0 (!) according to Google Scholar, he does have a profile at . Nothing here for general notability, so similar to nom (and also request by subject) a straightforward delete case. Ldm1954 (talk) 18:25, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
This is Paul Bechly, a living person. I support deletion for the following reason. The Intellectual Benefits to Society Award was a distinction created by the Mensa Foundation in 2006. This award was retired in 2021, along with other Mensa Foundation awards to simplify their award matrix. I was the final awardee for the Intellectual Benefits to Society Award in 2020, but this award and the other retired awards were removed from the Mensa Foundation website in January of 2025. As such, I doubt that I continue to meet Wikipedia notability guidelines. I do thank everyone that contributed to this article about me, but perhaps there will be different reasons to create an article for me in the future. After all, I have not served as a chemical engineer for over 30 years. PLBechly (talk) 14:03, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
- Delete: This subject doesn't seem to pass WP:ANYBIO or WP:GNG. And this subject apparently agrees. JFHJr (㊟) 23:09, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
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