Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 11th Earl of Shaftesbury


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The result was   keep. slakr \ talk / 05:52, 22 March 2014 (UTC)

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 11th Earl of Shaftesbury

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Non-notable hereditary Earl who inherited his title after the House of Lords Act 1999 thus has never possessed the right to sit in the House of Lords. Flaming Ferrari (talk) 14:57, 8 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep, likely to be notable per WP:N, although sources should be improved. (There is far too much on this page about the murder of the 10th Earl, which belongs elsewhere.) NB also the comment of Jimbo Wales at Articles for deletion/Alexander Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair and elsewhere: "There is usefulness in having a compete set of entries on hereditary peers, even if some peers are less prominent or noteworthy than others, even when the article must of necessity remain something of a stub. Considering these articles in isolation, i.e. not noting that they are part of a wider series, is mistaken." Moonraker (talk) 08:09, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete definitely fails WP:GNG and WP:BLP. A tragic death and "being born" cannot mean notability. For the sake of completeness a row in a table is enough. --Vituzzu (talk) 23:35, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep: whether or not one approves of the hereditary peerage (and baronetage), there are still plenty of people interested in the present holder of an historical title.45ossington (talk) 08:33, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Your argument is invalid, we are not dealing with peerage but with almost empty useless pages. --Vituzzu (talk) 10:55, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:08, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:08, 8 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Only Weak Keep -- His father was certainly notable, as is his younger brother the present earl, who is taking on the enormous task of rejuvenating the family mansion. However, this man was an accountant who was briefly known by the title, for a few months from the discovery of his father's body until his own death.  Peterkingiron (talk) 15:46, 17 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep, Agree on notability based on being a hereditary peer, per comment quoted above from Jimbo Wales. As such, this is a historical figure.Henitsirk (talk) 02:10, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep. I think I'm coming down on the side of keeping articles on peers or their heirs, whether or not they sit in the House of Lords, as all their predecessors did (and therefore all meet WP:POLITICIAN) and it would be slightly odd and not of value to the project to break the chain of Wikipedia articles. -- Necrothesp (talk) 10:51, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
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