Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Hamilton, Marquess of Hamilton


 * 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. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 08:14, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

James Hamilton, Marquess of Hamilton

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Not notable in his own right. He is a courtesy marquess but there is no certainty that he will become a Duke and we should cross that bridge when we come to it. For now he is not notable (other than for who his father is) and I don't believe he passes WP:GNG. The article only sites one reference which is of questionable reliability. Uhooep (talk) 11:15, 24 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 11:47, 24 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 11:47, 24 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Keep Notable as he has an entry in UK Who's Who https://doi.org/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U18754 Piecesofuk (talk) 18:04, 25 June 2021 (UTC)
 * As mentioned elsewhere having a UK Who's Who entry is not one of WP's notability criteria Uhooep (talk) 08:07, 26 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Royalty and nobility-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 12:19, 28 June 2021 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  11:45, 1 July 2021 (UTC) *Keep- there are relatively few marquesses in the UK, and this guy will be a duke, which is even less common. Bearian (talk) 00:56, 8 July 2021 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete. This article is sourced to Who's Who, which indiscriminately lists all aristocrats and anyway is unusable because the entry is written by the subject, and The Peerage, which is deprecated. Very clearly lacks verifiable notability. JoelleJay (talk) 19:26, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
 * , you know full well that isn't a valid argument for notability... JoelleJay (talk) 03:24, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment: He's a courtesy marquess, it's like a title while waiting to inherit the family title. As mentioned previously, there is no guarantee of ultimately inheriting the family title. Uhooep (talk) 07:22, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   08:22, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete: As previously established, courtesy titles are not notable noble positions. Considering WP:GNG, there does not seem to be significant meaningful coverage. Also per WP:CRYSTALBALL, there is no guarantee that he will become a duke. Curbon7 (talk) 08:45, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete. There seem to be a lot of these, but there is no need to have an article about everyone who may one day be a peer.  Athel cb (talk) 09:43, 9 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete. My comment on a similar AfD applies again here.  RobinCarmody (talk) 17:54, 14 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per what appears to be the consensus. Bearian (talk) 16:22, 15 July 2021 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.