Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Bignold


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The result was delete.  Sandstein  11:51, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Bignold

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No evidence for actual notability -- routine notices only  DGG ( talk ) 02:21, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
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 * Comment. The lead asserts that he was an M.P. like his father, which would be an automatic pass under WP:POLITICIAN, but the obituary notice from the Illustrated London News does not mention parliament, so we are left with the question of whether his stint as Lord Mayor of Norwich or any other position passes that standard; I suspect that under current readings, it does not. --Arxiloxos (talk) 02:41, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete – No non-trivial independent coverage that I can find. The assertion that he was MP for Norwich appears to be false, given that it's not mentioned in any sources and he's not listed at Norwich (UK Parliament constituency). — Nizolan  (talk) 03:15, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete as the article is currently questionable enough and there being no better convincing signs. SwisterTwister   talk  04:09, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment. I suspect the mistake is due to him being recorded in his notice of death (e.g. in The Times) as "the son of the late Sir Samuel Bignold, MP for Norwich,..." That's been taken to read that he was an MP, whereas it's actually saying his father was. It seems clear that Charles never was an MP. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:19, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Add comment. A more detailed obituary was printed in a variety of financial publications, asserting that he was "one of the foremost and most popular of the men of Norwich" (see also ) but I don't see anything there that seems likely to meet current notability standards here, assuming that Lord Mayor of Norwich isn't the sort of position that conveys notability.  (I note that our article about Norwich states, "though now simply a ceremonial position, in the past the office carried considerable authority, with executive powers over the finances and affairs of the city council.")  We might consider redirecting to the article about his father, where he is already mentioned. --Arxiloxos (talk) 17:18, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I added him to the List of Lord Mayors of Norwich, for what it's worth. My feeling is that he was notable, but there simply isn't enough remaining coverage for an article. I tried searching various things like Who Was Who and didn't find anything. Redirecting to his father's article might be a good idea. Also no prejudice to recreating the article if someone digs up fresh sources. — Nizolan  (talk) 17:24, 30 March 2016 (UTC)


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