User talk:Houstonbking

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Speedy deletion nomination of William Houston Blount


A tag has been placed on William Houston Blount requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable.

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Nomination of William Houston Blount for deletion
The article William Houston Blount is being discussed concerning whether it is suitable for inclusion as an article according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/William Houston Blount until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on good quality evidence, and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. --  Blanchardb -Me•MyEars•MyMouth- timed 16:47, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the thoughtful consideration of the entry of Houston Blount. An article was written today about him and his passing on the front page of the Business Section of the Birmingham News (circ 300,000) which I have included. I hope that clears us his significance and I am open to further suggestions to help clear up links/references.

Birmingham News wrote two articles on Houston Blount last week.