Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arthur Pedley


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Natg 19 (talk) 19:10, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

Arthur Pedley

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The subject is not sufficiently notable for inclusion. Geoffreyofmonmouth (talk) 17:31, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
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 * snow keep He was a  Companion of the Order of the Bath, one of the most senior orders of British chivalry.  I have no idea who he was, or why he was granted that honour, but that alone (and it inevitably implies substantial coverage in all the journals of record, far beyond what WP:N or WP:V might require) means an automatic pass for notability in this piffling little website.
 * I'm also concerned at a freshly-knitted editor account leaping straight into action at AfD, deleting biographical articles of Bedford Modern School alumni created or worked upon by . Something is deeply suspicious about such a new, yet tightly focussed action. Andy Dingley (talk) 00:01, 20 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep. The CB clearly qualifies him under WP:ANYBIO #1. We have long held that a CBE or above is sufficient for notability. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:29, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
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