Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Benjamin W. Crowninshield


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   keep. Cirt (talk) 11:20, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

Benjamin W. Crowninshield

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no claim of notability, other than the implied claim that he commissioned the design and construction of a house that has a Wikipedia article. Any notability attaching to the house should go to the designer of the house rather than to the owner. Donald Albury 15:07, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. Despite the nominator's assertion, article subject can also claim notability as the subject of writings by Henry Adams and as a published author in his own right. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 15:50, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment Could you point to the sources for that? Better yet, use them to improve the article. -- Donald Albury 16:17, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Spartaz Humbug! 13:28, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Passes WP:BIO. See this Google Books entry. Cunard (talk) 18:54, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep jengod (talk) 01:25, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Reason, please...--Unionhawk Talk E-mail 04:56, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * My reason is that the PNC is satisfied. As the article itself demonstrates, the life and works of this person, from his education in Harvard through his activity in the U.S. Civil War to his post-War writings and business activities, are documented in depth by multiple independent reliable sources.  Ironically for the nomination, the house is actually but one small facet of the overall biography, that several of the sources don't even touch upon. Keep. Uncle G (talk) 14:28, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.