Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Leman Copley


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) —SerialNumber54129  paranoia / cheap sh*t room 06:32, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

Leman Copley

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Non-notable subject that fails WP:BASIC, as per source searches. Also, the sources in the article are primary, and do not serve to establish notability. North America1000 23:06, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment I added the information on the Copley/Colesville interations to the article on Joseph Knight, Sr. So I am neautral on needing this article since it seems that the Coplye/Colesville interaction is the most notable facet of Copley. There remains an issue of weather all people mentioned in the Doctrine and Covenants merit articles in Wikipedia. It is a harder question than with other works of scripture, since these people are more contemporary than in most works of scripture, have undisputed historicity, but often the mention in that book may not define them much.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:20, 30 July 2018 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Nosebagbear (talk) 15:16, 5 August 2018 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Spartaz Humbug! 21:19, 13 August 2018 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: We have a keep and a delete that states the subject is notable. I'd like to hear more on if the subject is or is not notable before we make a final decision.
 * Weak Delete but don't salt the earth. This is a poorly written article but the subject is notable. However, the article as is doesn't cover everything about him. If the article is restarted from scratch it could pass guidelines and not be renominated for AfD. Redditaddict69 (click here if I screwed up stuff again) (edits)   09:29, 14 August 2018 (UTC) Striking out previous vote and changing to Weak Keep per below comments. The article needs work if kept. Redditaddict69</b>  00:28, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep - I'm finding plenty of sources. No dedicated biography, sure, but this seems like a historical figure that participated in notable events reported in numerous historical works. Daask (talk) 19:19, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Red Phoenix  <sup style="color: #FFA500">talk  03:36, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep 16 separate hits in a JSTOR search on this old time Shaker who became a Mormon and gets more than enough attention form historians of both movemtns in the early 1800s to KEEP. Plus accounts of his role in various revisiting of Mormon history in modern newspapers; Faith in reaching the Promised Land, Idaho State Journal25 Oct 2014  (more, similar, other states, other years,) and in books. E.M.Gregory (talk) 20:11, 26 August 2018 (UTC)


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