The result was delete. NW ( Talk) 20:22, 24 February 2010 (UTC) reply
This unsourced biography was prodded by User:Peripitus with the comment, "Unreferenced biographical article that makes a single assertion of notability that I cannot back up with a reliable source. Appears to be no sources discussing Mr Sparnon."
Prod was seconded by User:Graeme Bartlett, who added, "I cannot find any online sources either."
Prod was contested by User:DGG, who suggests, "What is asserted is sufficiently notable that a check for print sources would be required; Wikipedia is not limited to online."
I have therefore searched Proquest, LexisNexis Academic, and EBSCO Newspaper Source for print sources. I can find no recent (i.e. since 1985) news coverage for an engineer named Mark Sparnon. I do find several articles published between 2000-2003 on an Australian rower by that name. The rower, however, was 23 years old in 2003, while the subject of this article is said to have graduated from Adelaide University in 1979. Cnilep ( talk) 18:01, 17 February 2010 (UTC) reply
Delete I found one source on him, a college website which he graduated from. It had links to others, but not him. Rin tin tin 1996 ( talk) 22:26, 18 February 2010 (UTC) reply
The result was delete. NW ( Talk) 20:22, 24 February 2010 (UTC) reply
This unsourced biography was prodded by User:Peripitus with the comment, "Unreferenced biographical article that makes a single assertion of notability that I cannot back up with a reliable source. Appears to be no sources discussing Mr Sparnon."
Prod was seconded by User:Graeme Bartlett, who added, "I cannot find any online sources either."
Prod was contested by User:DGG, who suggests, "What is asserted is sufficiently notable that a check for print sources would be required; Wikipedia is not limited to online."
I have therefore searched Proquest, LexisNexis Academic, and EBSCO Newspaper Source for print sources. I can find no recent (i.e. since 1985) news coverage for an engineer named Mark Sparnon. I do find several articles published between 2000-2003 on an Australian rower by that name. The rower, however, was 23 years old in 2003, while the subject of this article is said to have graduated from Adelaide University in 1979. Cnilep ( talk) 18:01, 17 February 2010 (UTC) reply
Delete I found one source on him, a college website which he graduated from. It had links to others, but not him. Rin tin tin 1996 ( talk) 22:26, 18 February 2010 (UTC) reply