Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Franklin Lafayette Riley, Jr.


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The result was   keep. Ron Ritzman (talk) 13:20, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

Franklin Lafayette Riley, Jr.

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microstub article with no assertion of notability, not even a full sentence Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 07:16, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep I can confirm that he does have a multi-paragraph entry in the ANB. That should be enough by itself. I don't think this is an ideal way to start an article, but stubs are allowed, and this could definitely be expanded. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zagalejo (talk • contribs)
 * Keep A Google Scholar search suggests he was quite the prolific writer in his day, and the fact the he has an ANB entry is enough to suggest third party notability to me. A better course might be to help the creator of the article rather than delete the article. Redfarmer (talk) 10:36, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: The article under discussion here has been flagged for rescue by the Article Rescue Squadron.  Snotty Wong   confess 14:11, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:01, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. I can't get access to ANB but if he's there that clinches it. Xxanthippe (talk) 23:06, 28 October 2010 (UTC).
 * Keep -meets guidelines and has plenty of available sources.♦ Dr. Blofeld  18:56, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep though User:Rich Farmbrough's original creation of the article was total AfD bait.--Milowent • talkblp-r 12:43, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
 * He is featured in a printed encyclopedia, so the stub mentioning that and a sentence about him was fine.   D r e a m Focus  07:21, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
 * True, but hopefully 10 seconds more effort summarizing why he is notable would have warded this off.--Milowent • talkblp-r 15:23, 2 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep A printed encyclopedia already said he was notable, so there.  D r e a m Focus  07:21, 2 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep per above Delete I was under the impression that he was listed in the ANB but I see it cannot be verified. Perhaps someone who has access could upload? Also, the limited info in the stub does not seem to indicate why he is notable.  For creating the archives?  I attended UM and was pretty up on it's history, but I have not heard of this person (not that that means anything, just saying) The Eskimo (talk) 18:59, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, he's listed here. I can't link to the article directly, but do have full access to the site, so I can at least add some info to the citation. Zagal e jo^^^ 20:00, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Access to it is here . It seems completely satisfactory for notability. Xxanthippe (talk) 21:43, 3 November 2010 (UTC).
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