Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hans F. Petersen


 * 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.  Sandstein  09:07, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

Hans F. Petersen

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Non-notable subject that fails WP:BASIC. The one source in the article, the Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, presumably provides some coverage, but multiple, independent reliable sources that provide significant coverage are required, not just one. Several WP:BEFORE source searches are only providing name checks, and nothing else. North America1000 09:37, 16 October 2018 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment Note that the single cited source is the old Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, which was written by a church historian, published by a church-owned press, and distributed free of charge to LDS stakes/wards. It is not an independent source (see WP:IIS). Bakazaka (talk) 00:40, 18 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete, google not showing anything, just one ref in the article which isn't independent. Szzuk (talk) 19:29, 23 October 2018 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sam Sailor 11:46, 24 October 2018 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment - I would note that simply because there is a lack of sources on Google does not imply a lack of notability. This is especially true for somebody who only lived in the 19th Century and had none of their work or any sources created primarily for the internet.  This isn't to say that this person is notable, but the use of Google to "prove" it is not notable is a false narrative and something that is also against Wikipedia policy.  I tried to look up local histories of Ephraim Utah and couldn't find any references to this individual either, so he does appear to be simply one of many early settlers of central Utah.  --Robert Horning (talk) 02:09, 26 October 2018 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sam Sailor 12:38, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete Subject clearly existed and did the things in the article. But the subject is not notable under Wikipedia guidelines. He was one of many LDS missionaries whose story was meant to inspire other LDS members to service (and hence included in the LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, which was distributed to stakes and wards), but he did not, and does not, have general notability. Bakazaka (talk) 03:56, 7 November 2018 (UTC)


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