Talk:Preston Davie

To the speedy deleters of the world
Working on getting this past a stub. Hang on a sec, please. Jokestress 07:03, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Dozens of NY Times articles about the guy, including a big obituary in the original version. I hope in the future this kind of stub gets tagged AfD by deletionists rather than db, so there can be a little discussion without having to race to save a little stub. Jokestress 07:34, 29 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Why don't you gather your information first and then write the article? Or consider the template. It would save us all time.  Why wouldn't an article with a sentence stating that someone was a lawyer and they have a semi-famous wife be deleted?  John Reaves 08:43, 29 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I have written several hundred biographies in this manner without speedy deletionists wasting everyone's time. Your comments above could be better presented as part of an AfD, since this article is almost certainly going to prevail despite the attempted speedy deletion. Again, I suggest AfD in the future instead of a rigid knee-jerk response. Discussion is almost always a better option than unilateral deletionism attempts, especially when there is evidence that someone is notable. Jokestress 11:26, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

It may be of note that Preston Davies first wife was a major Horse Show competitor featured in the papers of the time quite often. Here is a notice of the marriage:http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F4061EFB3C5417738DDDAC0894D9405B808DF1D3 It may seem trivial to modern people but back in the early 1900's horse shows were society's major form of entertainment and competition. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.129.130.135 (talk) 19:07, 1 December 2012 (UTC)