Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Floyd

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Originally on CSD but I don't think it fits any of the criteria. The article is fairly unecyclopedic in its current form, however a google search on "John Floyd Stanford University" gets a few hits. Although I say delete for non-notability, I know some people prefer keeping articles on academics, so here it is. Prehaps CSD needs to be expanded to allow speedy deletion of say "Very short biographical articles whose subject gets very few or no google hits"? TPK 06:30, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)

  • This: [1] gets even fewer hits and none of them look like the John Floyd described in the article. Not conclusive in itself, but the fact that he is apparently the brother of a fictional scientist from several Arthur C. Clarke novels doesn't exactly convince. Looking at the "What Links Here", there are a large number of other individuals with the same name, maybe this could become a disambig page.--Ianb 08:05, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)
  • Delete this, anyway, or make it a disambig.: This page is a description of the fictional brother of the fictional scientist from 2001: A Space Odyssey and 2010. The whole article is about the fictional guy. If anyone wants to blank it and start listing the disambigs, that would be a Good Thing. Geogre 12:29, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)
  • Delete fiction disguised as reality. Moderately surprised that Heywood Floyd doesn't go anywhere though. -- Cyrius| 06:58, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)
  • Merge whatever relevant info here into the article on the book; turn this page into a disambig, since there are real people by the name (a governor and a U.S. Congressman from Virginia, an English Jesuit thelogian, and an award-winning American football player, among others). -FZ 16:22, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)