Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David R. Ross


 * 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. Spartaz Humbug! 16:48, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

David R. Ross

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Apart from a single article on the Scotsman covering this mans death, there seems to be very little justification for an article. This author lacks notability. BritishWatcher (talk) 00:24, 29 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Having read the obituary, I'd say "notability" depends upon subject matter. Endrick   Shellycoat  07:30, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:07, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Obit in major newspaper explains his notability. Borock (talk) 11:00, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:37, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:37, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. The article does have something of a POV/promotional slant that needs to be fixed. However, the subject appears to be notable. A filtered GoogleNews search shows a fair amount of specific coverage of him in the newsmedia before his death, e.g. ,, and so on. Passes WP:BIO. Nsk92 (talk) 19:06, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Also, apart from the obit in The Scotsman mentioned by the nominator, there were also obituaries in The Times and in Herald Scotland. I have added refs to the article. Nsk92 (talk) 15:24, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
 * And also an obit in The Independent
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.

Clearly is not going to be support for its deletion, may as well close this AFD. BritishWatcher (talk) 15:27, 6 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep - Obits in multiple major dailies shows notability. -- Whpq (talk) 16:33, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
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