Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Simon (Businessman)


 * 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. Fails WP:BIO, plus there's nothing to merge – every word except birth/death date is already in History of the Brenham Jewish Community. Krakatoa Katie  08:30, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

James Simon (Businessman)

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I believe this should be either deleted or merged and redirected with the article Simon Theatre (if it survives AFD). The subject of the article constructed a local theater which was designed by a well-known architect. A Google search reveals no information about this man other than what is on wikipedia. If the theater is deemed notable, then information about its builder should be in the article about the theater; otherwise, I don't think the article meets the notability criteria. Karanacs 13:24, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Writing cheques is a form of self-publishing that doesn't confer much notability... doesn't meet WP:BIO, WP:Notable.  Accounting4Taste 14:52, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not notable. The article doesn't really assert notability either. Crazysuit 19:18, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Judaism-related deletions.   IZAK 04:28, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep or Merge into History of the Brenham Jewish Community because this article is part of a group of articles relating to Jews and Judaism in Texas (the others being James Simon (Businessman), Henry Cohen Community House, Jimmy Kessler, Rosa Levin Toubin, Simon Theatre Simon family, Joe Levin (Businessman), Alex Simon, Sam H. Toubin) that have been nominated for deletion by User (and another, Temple Freda nominated by another user) yet taken as a whole these articles are a valuable set of records about a topic in a state with relatively few Jews and with an even scantier record of notable Jews, Judaism and Jewish history in it. There is indeed a great need for an article about History of the Jews in Texas and these articles would all be good starting points and resources for it. This article, like the others in this group, cite adequate sources and meet the minimal requirements to be kept. The nominator is requested to reconsider her nominations of these articles. Thank you, IZAK 04:59, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Building a theatre does not seem notable enough to justify an article about the man. The relevant info about the theatre is found at Simon Theatre, so the deletion discussion for that article can determine its fate. --Eliyak T · C 10:45, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Also, merge any relevant info to History of the Brenham Jewish Community. --Eliyak T · C 11:03, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
 * REQUEST: In order to reach a greater consensus about the related "Texas Jews articles" that have been nominated for deletion, please see and add your views at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Judaism. Thank you, IZAK 00:14, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge into History of the Brenham Jewish Community. In the current state of the article, it looks like the sources are essentially primary, which would mean that Wikipedia would be the first place that a comprehensive biography on this individual would be published. Understanding and appreciating the effort involved in bringing this material together, the difficulty is that Wikipedia is intended only to republish material whose significance and accuracy has been previously vetted by other sources; a first biography would be prohibited by the no original research policy and biography guideline. I would suggest merging this material with an article on a broader topic such as History of the Brenham Jewish Community, since the policy for stand-alone biographies is stricter than the requirements for brief mention in a broader article. As a stand-alone article there currently isn't enough sourcing to meet policy requirements. If additional sourcing is found please let me know and I'd be happy to reconsider. Best, --Shirahadasha 01:22, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep or Merge into History of the Brenham Jewish Community or Simon Theatre. Bhaktivinode 13:06, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment So far, there has only been one vote to delete the Simon Theatre, so it should be considered as a possible place for the article to be merged with. Bhaktivinode 02:22, 29 October 2007 (UTC)


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