Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elizabeth Ridgely Nicholas


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The result was delete. T. Canens (talk) 00:28, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

Elizabeth Ridgely Nicholas

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Does not a appear to be a notable person as required by WP:GNG. I couldn't find any sources even to verify this basic stub. Being a early 20th century person isn't helping in terms of trying to locate sources; a google book search didn't yield anything useful. Mattg82 (talk) 22:16, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete The article is not cited and actually contains false information. The first sentence of the article says "Elizabeth Ridgely Nicholas was responsible for the creation of Douglass College at Rutgers University." That's not true, Mabel Smith Douglass founded the New Jersey College for Women (which would later be renamed in her honor) Nicholas may have been the first Registrar, but I can't even verify that and even if true registrar is not a notable position.--Rusf10 (talk) 22:30, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
 * CommentWouldn't it be possible to verify by doing a cursory check and providing citations???Djflem (talk) 14:01, 8 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Speedy Delete- Looks like another RAN COPYVIO, see --Rusf10 (talk) 22:45, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails GNG L3X1 ◊distænt write◊  23:56, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Baby miss  fortune 05:34, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. Baby miss  fortune 05:34, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New Jersey-related deletion discussions. Baby miss  fortune 05:34, 7 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete Barely notable, I couldn't find any sources about her that will merit an encyclopedia entry. In addition, the utter false information in the lead section and being created by serial copyright violator means this has no place here –Ammarpad (talk) 10:49, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete Not notable. No sources show notability. Easily fails WP:GNG. -AuthorAuthor (talk) 21:35, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Merge to Douglass Residential College, for which she was partially responsible for development.Djflem (talk) 13:18, 8 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Those are Wikipedia mirrors and a primary source. Mattg82 (talk) 13:32, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

Djflem (talk) 10:20, 9 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment Don't merge anything. If Biography fails Notability no need of any merge. The above sources are unreliable Wikipedia mirrors and primary source.–Ammarpad (talk) 07:41, 9 February 2018 (UTC)
 * is not a mirror and says, among other things that Nicholas "one of the pioneers responsible for the development of the college", which would add to history of the development of the college, wouldn't it?Djflem (talk) 10:20, 9 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete News search results turn up single source, which is this AfD subject itself... Burroughs&#39;10 (talk) 20:13, 12 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete the position is no where close to making on notable, and the coverage is abysmally far from making notability. I understand the desire to avoid presentism on Wikipedia, but we should not do so by creating sub-par articles on non-notable people.John Pack Lambert (talk) 00:20, 13 February 2018 (UTC)


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