Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ishmael Day


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The result was KEEP.  Spinning Spark  09:48, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Ishmael Day

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Tagged for notability since 2011. Best assertion of notability: "Little is known of his life, except that during the American Civil War he was sympathetic to the Union Army in a neighborhood that had sympathy for the Confederate Army." FallingGravity (talk) 18:06, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete. Little assertion of notability, and it seems likely that he's just a historical figure of little importance. Ducknish (talk) 20:35, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep A Google Books search shows that he was discussed in several books in the post Civil War era, was the subject of a well known poem of that time, and has also been discussed in more recent books. A Google News archive source shows several articles in the New York Times, which also reprinted an article from the Baltimore American about Day.  Cullen 328  Let's discuss it  22:06, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Hesitant Keep, per Cullen328 above. 069952497aComments and complaintsStuff I've done 22:39, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Maryland-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:10, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:10, 26 March 2013 (UTC)
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