Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/George Griswold Frelinghuysen (designer)


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The result was   delete. -- Cirt (talk) 00:42, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

George Griswold Frelinghuysen (designer)

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Significance not demonstrated. One "source" a simple obituary blub in a minor newspaper, the second source comes up as "not found." Am I missing something? Gattosby (talk) 08:25, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Sock. Beyond My Ken (talk) 04:38, 1 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment - The New York Times is hardly a minor newspaper; that said, it is a "paid notice", I don't know exactly what that entails. No comment from me on this issue. Shadowjams (talk) 08:30, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment, A "paid notice" is exactly what it says on the tin - a notice that someone has paid the newspaper to publish, so is no more an indication of notability that an advertisement would be. It's a completely different kettle of fish from an editorial obituary, which is an article about a recently deceased person who the newspaper's editorial staff consider notable. Phil Bridger (talk) 22:20, 2 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment. I was referring to the Palm Beach Post as the "minor newspaper."  The New York Times article is not accessible, so it shouldn't even count as a source. Gattosby (talk) 08:37, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I was able to access it, and I'm not an a campus or any other special IP range. Shadowjams (talk) 08:44, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
 * FWIW, The Palm Beach Post is hardly a minor newspaper. It's not The New York Times, but it has a circulation of well over 100K/day.  Horologium  (talk) 11:40, 29 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete. He's from a very notable family, but notability is not inherited. Unless there are sources out there discussing his work with Wanamaker (unlikely) or his personal firm (even more unlikely), he's not notable enough to warrant an article on Wikipedia.  Horologium  (talk) 11:40, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
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 * Delete - not seeing sufficient evidence of notability. As a rule of thumb, if the only coverage a person received from independent sources is from obituaries - they received none during their life - it's often a good sign they're non-notable. (With obvious exceptions for people who became famous via their death, like Seung-Hui Cho). Robofish (talk) 17:02, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
 * deleteIt's not a regular NYT obit. It's a paid obituary, and they are no more reliable as sources for notability in the times than they are anywhere else.  DGG ( talk ) 02:14, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Failing the provision of any independent source(s).  Ty  00:03, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
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