Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Shand


 * 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 Keep - per WP:SNOW. GiantSnowman 15:03, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

John Shand

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'not notable'

Note that this nomination is completed on behalf of 88.104.26.129 who is unable to complete the nomination due to being an IP. See Administrators%27_noticeboard Stuartyeates (talk) 08:33, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep; ridiculous nomination, given that the nominator knows that he has a detailed entry in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography and still continued pressing at WP:AN for this deletion nomination to be filed. Nyttend (talk) 11:14, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment - I have re-opened this AFD after it was closed by non-admin . I have no opinion one way or the other - but you cannot have a 'SNOW speedy keep' after one !vote. GiantSnowman 12:27, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
 * WP:SNOW states that editors are "encouraged to exercise common sense and avoid pointy, bureaucratic behavior". It already seemed quite apparent that there was not a "snowball's chance in hell" that this article would be deleted.  Even giant snowmen stand no chance of prevailing here. Warden (talk) 12:33, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
 * An editor has raised a concern about the notability of this article, valid or not. Let's allow for further discussion and comments before we close it off so suddenly. GiantSnowman 12:36, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Show me a stack of Keep !votes and you have an argument for SNOW. One Keep four hours in is not sufficient. UltraExactZZ Said~ Did 12:47, 14 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep - the NZ DNB entry should be sufficient evidence of notability. Chiswick Chap (talk) 12:55, 14 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep, as above.TheLongTone (talk) 13:54, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep - push one more on to the stack, then. Subject has sufficient notability. This should close per WP:SNOW. Honestly, Stuart, we are not obliged to file AFDs for IPs if we don't believe in them. There is a reason why IPs can't start AFDs of their own, and this should be a prime example. Clearly the nominator at best does not understand Notability, at worst is just trolling. --GRuban (talk) 13:57, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:GNG and WP:SNOW - looks like a frivolous nomination. Peter&#160;James (talk) 14:58, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
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