Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Francis Robert Baden-Powell


 * 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   delete. The "keep" arguments are weak in the face of the sourcing-based "delete" arguments. "Give me time" and "Let's give this editor a chance" isn't going to cut it in the face of WP:V and WP:N. If the sourcing situation improves markedly, the article could be restored.  Sandstein  08:04, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Francis Robert Baden-Powell

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Biography of a person whose only substantive claim of notability is having famous relatives — except that notability is not inherited, so that doesn't make him notable by itself — and which is relying exclusively on primary sources (one genealogy PDF, two webpages of organizations he was directly involved in, and one brief notice of his death in a British estates database) with not a whit of reliable source coverage to demonstrate that he gets past even one of our actual inclusion rules. It's a delete, I'm sorry to say. Bearcat (talk) 03:19, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete A non-notable architect with a famous surname who wrote a non-notable book. I was unable to find any significant coverage of him. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  04:24, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:27, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Architecture-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:28, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:28, 6 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep Well, (quoting Mandy Rice-Davies I would say that, wouldn't I. There is much much more, when I can find it.  He was a very successful Master of the Worshipful Company of Mercers), and well-respected in the Architectural profession.  Give me time...  RobinClay (talk) 21:50, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
 * "Master of the Worshipful Company of Mercers" is not, in and of itself, a reason why a person gets an encyclopedia article. I note that the overwhelming majority of people listed at Master of the Mercers' Company don't have their own articles, and the few that do are all notable for something else separately from that fact alone (e.g. as MPs or as mayors of London). Bearcat (talk) 18:25, 7 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep pe WP:DONOTDEMOLISH Let's give this editor a chance to improve the article.  Montanabw (talk)  01:27, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – Davey 2010 •  (talk)  21:53, 14 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. Six directorships, but nary a word about any buildings this architect may have designed? Clarityfiend (talk) 23:14, 15 August 2014 (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.