Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nelson family


 * 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 merge‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__ to List of United States political families (N). Feel free to Merge content to other relevant articles. Liz Read! Talk! 03:33, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

Nelson family

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Prodded by with "See WP:NOTGENEALOGY, only significant source discussing the family as a whole is arguably primary." and removed by author. I would agree that the main source,, a family member's own work building a family tree, is not independent or adequately reliable. The other sources are about individuals, not the family as a whole. The notable members are several generations apart and likely did not know each other, so this is really just a non-notable genealogy page rather than a cohesively notable family discussed together. Reywas92Talk 01:15, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

Not sure if I'm allowed to nominate a template here, but also nominating Template:Nelson family. The people listed here are merely distant cousins of each other so a navbox is not warranted. Reywas92Talk 01:22, 13 September 2023 (UTC) Relisting comment: Relisting to determine whether to Delete or selectively Merge. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 01:21, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Reywas92Talk 01:15, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete Failure of GNG and NOTGENEALOGY. Depending on your definition of a list, failure of WP:NLIST as well. IceBergYYC (talk) 01:19, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Merge with List of United States political families (N) I'm not seeing any sources that establish the notability of the family to warrant a separate article. Since many of the members were politicians, I think that merging to this list of other political families is a valid ATD. Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 12:51, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
 * The notable ones were second cousins of each other, not sure that belongs as a "political family" where most listed are more closely related. Reywas92Talk 14:19, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Looking at the proposed merge target and other letters, there are several people listed whose relationship is given only as "cousin" (no indication of to what degree of kinship). Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 18:28, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 20:05, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete not really evident that the Nelson family has formed a cohesive unit (passing down resources, influence etc.) except in the strictly genealogical sense. Choess (talk) 18:22, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Merge selectively to either Polycarpus Nelson or perhaps List of United States political families (N). Best to use an ATD here to save history because many of the minor (verifiable) details could be useful an across a variety of biographies. &mdash;siro&chi;o 03:09, 20 September 2023 (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.