Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Charles Christopher Parry

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Charles Christopher Parry
Is this an instance of botany-cruft, or does this skeletal sub-stub actually present some form of value to our readers? What makes this article beneficial? GRider\talk 20:07, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC) MPF 21:09, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * "Charles Christopher Parry (1823-1890) is well known to botanists worldwide. More than eighty new species of flowering plants were named from Parry's Colorado collections, and many more from his collections in Mexico and the American Southwest. Fascinated with mountains, Parry made barometric observations that permitted the first accurate estimations of the high peaks. Yet his greatest contribution to science was through the distribution of his botanical collections to the museums of the world." - from an Amazon capsule review of King of Colorado Botany. Botanists can be notable. Keep (and expand). DS 20:40, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * As the starter of this article, I should mention I started it as a quick stub while not having much spare time to research further detail. I fully intend this to be a proper article about a major botanist, and would welcome others contributors' additions too. BTW, I am not resident within this botanist's sphere of influence; my knowledge of him does not come from any parochial concerns, but from an international perspective on his importance in botany. Keep and expand. -
 * More details added to page - MPF 22:22, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 * Keep. – flamurai (t) 21:49, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, cleanup and expand. @ Megan1967 23:40, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. MPF's work has clearly established notability as a botanist - well done MPF. Also first man to ascend and nameGrays Peak ans Torreys Peak so notable explorer as well. Capitalistroadster 01:43, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - and stop the campaign of deletion-cruft. --Centauri 02:02, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: I think this is more a campaign of precedent-cruft. I'm not sure how useful these will be as precedents though, it seems when you research any substubs about a scientist you find someone notable. Kappa 02:23, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Most scientists that survive in the public record, usually do so because they did something notable, keep--nixie 09:47, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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