Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Patrick Kennedy (1823–1858)


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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 18:45, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

Patrick Kennedy (1823–1858)

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Biography of a person whose only substantive claim of notability is that he was the first male (and thus surname-giving) ancestor of a notable political family to set foot on United States soil. The article claims in its introduction that he was also a politician himself, but completely fails to substantiate or source any political role that he ever held, so we can't measure the claim against WP:NPOL at all -- and notability is WP:NOTINHERITED, so a person who didn't do anything notable in his own right does not get an article just to help fill out the genealogies of his notable descendants. And for added bonus, the only reference present here at all is a deadlinked family genealogy present only to footnote the birthplace of Patrick's father rather than any content about Patrick. None of this is grounds for a separate biography of him as a standalone topic, independently of his name being mentioned in Kennedy family. Bearcat (talk) 21:03, 7 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom and WP:NOTINHERITED. I found a more detailed bio which doesn't mention any political activity or trace of notability in his own right. Clarityfiend (talk) 23:27, 7 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and Clarityfiend. Doesn't have independent notability, clearly fails WP:GNG. Regards, Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk &bull;&#32;mail) 12:52, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete - while most of this "royal family" are notable, his patriarch was not in any way. Bearian (talk) 00:22, 14 October 2017 (UTC)


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