Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Amasa Wright


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The result was delete. ✗ plicit  13:29, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

Amasa Wright

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Unsourced for years, was turned into a redirect in December for notability concerns. The redirect was taken to RfD (see Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 June 30), which resulted in the article being restored without making a decision on notability. 3 of the 4 participants wanted it taken to AfD to decide where it should be added. I can't find any sourcing which actually verifies the claims made in this stub. There was a person by this name with his nephew who purchased some property and then later sold it. But the sourcing I found is unclear where it was located, and if he did subdivide it to "create" the city of Chicago. Definitely could not find enough about him to warrant a standalone article, and without better clarity on what his actual role was, not sure of an appropriate redirect.  Onel 5969  TT me 13:28, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Chicago-related deletion discussions.  Onel 5969  TT me 13:29, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Illinois-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 19:33, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
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 * Delete I see that he is briefly mentioned in some books of Chicago history, but I think this article overstates his importance. Jean Baptiste Point du Sable is celebrated as the "founder" of Chicago, and James Thompson is known for making the first plat of Chicago. Amasa Wright may have been a landowner of some sort, but he's not widely remembered in Chicago, and I don't think there's enough information available to support an article. Alfred T. Andreas' History of Chicago lists something like 17 Wrights in its index, but no Amasa. Of course, if someone can scrounge up more information, I'd be happy to change my mind. I am curious what the Willis Tower says (or said) in their display. Zagal e jo (talk) 04:32, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete The sourcing does not really support the claim. As stated by Zagalejo James Thompson was the person who created the first plat of Chicago.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:14, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom -MJ (talk) 02:39, 15 July 2021 (UTC)


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