Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Balfour, 5th of Balbirnie


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The result was   delete. Biblio worm  19:28, 26 December 2015 (UTC)

John Balfour, 5th of Balbirnie

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Fails WP:GNG. Being "a gentleman" and having arguably notable offspring is not sufficient. Mutt Lunker (talk) 20:17, 19 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete His father and one of his sons were Members of Parliament and therefore notable. Another of his sons was a general and therefore notable. Notability is not inherited, either up or down the family tree. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  21:26, 19 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment Perhaps the article can benefit from further revision Arashtitan   talk  20 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete. He doesn't seem to have accomplished much, so unless he made a cameo appearance in the latest Star Wars movie, further revision would be like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:17, 22 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Scotland-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 09:56, 22 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete as fails WP:Notability (people). The only mentions of him I found were in peerage directories (Debrett's, Burke's) or as someone's relative. WP:NOTDIRECTORY & WP:NOTGENEALOGY. --Bejnar (talk) 19:16, 22 December 2015 (UTC)


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