Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edward Staveley


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The result was delete. JohnCD (talk) 18:03, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

Edward Staveley

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Biography of an architect/surveyor based entirely on WP:OR. There's no proof he designed anything of particular importance. One of his teenage apprentices later went on to become a well known engineer, but Staveley doesn't seem to have played any part in Hawkesley's success. I've searched the online newspaper archive on Findmypast (where the Leicester and Nottingham newspapers are well-represented) and can find nothing of substance, other than mentions of Staveley in insolvency proceedings, a brief mention of the death of his brother (another architect) and a 9-word mention of Staveley's own death, age 70 in April 1837. It doesn't amount to much! Overall I think this sort of research should be left to local history websites, not Wikipedia. Sionk (talk) 23:23, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete Not a notable architect. Granted it is difficult to find material about people from his era, but architects do tend to get historical credit for notable work. I considered a redirect to one of his buildings, three of which have Wikipedia articles. But none of those articles mention him, and some of them date from much earlier than his life, so his contribution is unverified and may have been minor. --MelanieN (talk) 19:29, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JAaron95  &#40; Talk &#41;  13:42, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete Agree with nominator, no evidence of notability at all. -- ELEKHHT 03:08, 3 July 2015 (UTC)


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