Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alexander Gordon, b 1635 in Aberdeen, Scotland

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was no consensus. The article defaults to keep, and has been moved to Alexander Gordon. Joyous 02:12, Jan 20, 2005 (UTC)

Alexander Gordon, b 1635 in Aberdeen, Scotland
This article is on a non-notable person, and appears to be a platform for a link to a genealogy site. Rje 15:04, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, nn genealogy. Wyss 21:57, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, What Wikipedia is not: Wikipedia is not a genealogical dictionary, Wikipedia articles are not "genealogical or biographical dictionary entries." Dpbsmith (talk) 02:35, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable. Megan1967 03:31, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * If the legal case really is notable, and he really is one of the founders of Exeter, New Hampshire, then Keep (although not at this title). RickK 00:30, Jan 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep This is not a genealogical entry as it doesn't even give details of his parents and children. Also the definition of "biographical dictionary entry" used on this site appears to be an Americanism, because in British English, "no biographical dictionary entries" means no general article about Churchill. What I think is meant is "no articles about people who are of no interest to people who don't know them". There is every chance that this a genuine historical figure and the article needs expansion, not deletion. Philip 03:18, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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