Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hobart Whitley


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The result was keep. — TKD::Talk 06:43, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Hobart Whitley

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Reading this article, it seems that this man certainly deserves his own article. - Anyone who is the "Father of Hollywood" sounds interesting to me - all the web searches I did for "Hobart Johnstone Whitley" and "Hobart Whitley" show nothing at all of use.Possibly good sources refer to Whitley Heights, but have copied Wikipedia's page on it. So I think this is a hoax. Either that or I'm missing something Moglex 18:13, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT 09:57, 2 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Comment searches in Google and Google news archives confirm that this was a real person who was involved in land development as early as the 1880s involving what is now Hollywood (example here: excerpt from 1980s book about Hollywood). Looking through the citations and the talk page of the article, it looks like the real problem is that this page was created with reference to a biography of the man by one of his descendants, claiming that he is the Father of Hollywood. Can anyone with LexisNexis knowhow and/or Hollywood history expertise verify these claims of notability? Was Whitley just a land developer, or really the Father of Hollywood? Eliz81(talk)(contribs) 13:09, 2 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Speedy Keep. There seems to be lots of information on this guy out there. Amazon is selling a book about him . BeneathLosAngeles.com has a small article on him (which will feature in an upcoming book) and even has what appears to be a photograph of a plaque devoted to him .  Google Books Search finds a book that clearly mentions his role .  The article needs improvement and citation (the references I just mentioned would help there), but it's clearly not a hoax. &mdash;gorgan_almighty 13:46, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep - per above. Onnaghar (Speak.work?) 14:58, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep per Gorgan Almighty.Callelinea 18:38, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep - but there's something very promotional going on. I've posted it to WP:COI/N. His wife Margaret Virginia Whitley may be notable, but I doubt Gaelyn Whitley Keith is. Gordonofcartoon 23:40, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Cleanup and Keep per Gorgan. THF 15:52, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep per above. Clean it up and check for COI. Bearian 18:18, 6 August 2007 (UTC)


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