Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl


 * 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. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 16:13, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl

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This unreferenced genealogical entry on a non-notable earl violates a Wikipedia policy, WP:NOT:

Genealogical entries. Biography articles should only be for people with some sort of fame, achievement, or perhaps notoriety. One measure of these is whether someone has been featured in several external sources (on or off-line). Drawn Some (talk) 17:39, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Non-notable is not a valid reason for deletion. Best, --A NobodyMy talk 18:37, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Non notable to you perhaps, but maybe not to others. Omegastar (talk) 21:57, 11 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep. He would have been a member of the Second Estate of the pre-Union Parliament of Scotland and would therefore meet WP:POLITICIAN.  young  american  (wtf?) 02:01, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge to Duke of Atholl. I'm not going to assume that he participated in Parliament, and the "sources-shmources" approach to this article doesn't connect to anything verifiable.  Not everyone who was eligible to serve actually did so, and I interpret WP:POLITICIAN as requiring that someone served in their nation's legislature.  Nothing to indicate that he meets Wikipedia's notability requirements. Mandsford (talk) 17:08, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep as a member of the Parliament of Scotland, and would therefore meet WP:POLITICIAN, per Youngamerican. It matters not whether he took part in debates or was a back bencher. Bearian (talk) 15:36, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Subject claerly meets WP:POLITICIAN. Edward321 (talk) 13:43, 18 September 2009 (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.