Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James H. Beal (philatelist)


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The result was delete. Eddie891 Talk Work 21:14, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

James H. Beal (philatelist)

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The only source on Beal is a philately linked publication listsing those recognized by the American Philately Hall of Fame. We lack any truly indepdent sourcing about him, or any sourcing that shows that his award is truly a significant honor. I do not think he as such meets our basic definitions for biographical notability. John Pack Lambert (talk) 19:21, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
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 * Delete: Appears to be about a guy that was active in the American Philatelic Society and did significant things for them. There is no evidence that Beal meets the WP:GNG and I agree with nominator that there is nothing to support the award being significant, failing WP:ANYBIO. — Danre98 ( talk ^ contribs ) 20:22, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I have actually come across several of these articles as I have been going through 1922, 1923 and 1924 birth articles. Due to the restriction of one deletion nomination a day, I usually move on from them and I have not made note of who exatly the articles were on, but just in those 3 years there are probably roughly 10 articles on people with about this level of coverage who were notable in philetaly.John Pack Lambert (talk) 20:53, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Beal served as chairman of the American Philatelic Society's committee on theft and, based on news accounts, appears to have been a leading expert on stamp theft and counterfeiting. See, e.g., here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. That said, I'm not finding the depth of WP:SIGCOV (with a focus on Beal) that I would expect to see in order to warrant a stand-alone article under WP:GNG. Cbl62 (talk) 00:41, 24 August 2021 (UTC)


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