Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Welch Jones


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The result was no consensus. (non-admin closure) SST flyer 13:14, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

John Welch Jones

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Fails WP:GNG and WP:ANYBIO. Has not received significant coverage, except for this noted source which confirms that he was indeed the superintendent of the Insane Asylum of Louisiana. This achievement, however, does not appear to cross the threshold for notability outlined in WP:ANYBIO: that "the person has made a widely recognized contribution that is part of the enduring historical record in his or her specific field". Magnolia677 (talk) 23:12, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Merge to East Louisiana State Hospital unless and until additional sources can be found establishing basis for a separate article for Jones. Most of what is written about him from a notability standpoint (for example, this recent article) seems to be in the context of his improvements to that particular hospital. TheBlinkster (talk) 15:13, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 12:33, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Dr. John Welch Jones was considered significant enough to be included in historical books.

Fortier:

https://archive.org/stream/louisianacompris03fort/louisianacompris03fort_djvu.txt

and

also in the historical archives of Louisiana:

http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/eastfeliciana/bios/jones.txt

It is surprising that any one would think his entry deserves to be deleted.  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 05:57, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep Just because his accomplishment is in one specific area should not keep him from notability status. Now that more books are coming online and it's easier to research I think we should keep this article and add a banner asking for more references.VanEman (talk) 16:35, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep as this seems convincing enough and no one is outstandingly hoping for deletion. SwisterTwister   talk  02:08, 11 April 2016 (UTC)


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