The result was keep. Reliable sources have been found. Deletion concerns appear to have been addressed. (non-admin closure) Alpha_Quadrant (talk) 03:01, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
A security guard at the Nevada Test Site and Area 51. All references lead back to one book by Annie Jacobsen. There are some refs not directly to the book, but they either talk about the book or to Jacobsen talking about the book. Those refs only talk about Minus in passing. Unable to find any references outside of the book. I'm unable to see why he is notable and he also fails GNG. Speedy delete was declined. Bgwhite (talk) 06:04, 30 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The startrek.com reference and the NPR reference is an interview transcript and not from the book. Please keep in mind much of this has recently been declassified so the majority of information revealed in this book is new to the public. Other references such as National Geographic "Area 51 Declassified" offer first hand interviews with people who actually worked there. It relies on the integrity of the show's publisher and station to follow traditional journalistic referencing as noted in the credits and bears witness to their public reputation.
Jimerb (talk) 17:06, 30 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Response: KEEP - There are only a handful of people in the united states who ever worked on this base during the cold war. Most are deceased. That makes his experiences noteworthy as projects become declassified.
Mingus was responsible for securing dozens of nuclear tests and as written, one of them that he was chiefly responsible for became a significant national security incident (the base came under attack during a live nuke test) escalating all the way up to President Reagan. He was also involved with securing a crashed nuclear soviet satellite. During the cold war, the security of this base was a top national security priority. The U2 program was the most important government project the united states was sponsoring and it's secrecy (via security) was key in preventing nuclear Armageddon. Mingus was a key figure in the integrity of the base.
The experiences Mingus had are notable in that it teaches us what the government was doing during the cold war. It teaches us about the cold war's very nature -- first hand -- from a unique place.
Also, he WAS involved with many operations on the base. Not just an observer. Because security is responsible for the entire base, security personnel offer a unique view of all of the projects underway at the base. It is discussed in the book that most black projects were "compartmentalized" and only a few (such as Military and CIA brass) knew about all of them. Security was a rare exception as they were the ones responsible for compartmentalizing the base. They therefore got to see what most could not.
There is a tremendous amount of information to this story. Please make sure it is carefully reviewed before deletion. I'd be happy to provide details if they are missing. Janitors don't do these things. Jimerb (talk) 23:37, 30 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I would also add that Mingus is significantly more notable that Bob Lazar who worked at the Nevada test site for only 1 year in only a minor capacity. Lazard has passed the Wikipedia notablity test.
65.51.24.66 (talk) 16:36, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]