Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pliny Earle (inventor)


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The result was keep. - Mailer Diablo 12:05, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Pliny Earle (inventor)


* Delete or expand. If there is some relevant information besides that he was son of so or so or who his children were I'll change my vote to keep Alf photoman 23:20, 1 December 2006 (UTC) Keep, changed vote as per above Alf photoman 12:58, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete -- Notability, Importance Grinchie 17:23, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, has an entry in Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, and easily passes the 100-year test. Demiurge 18:14, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
 * On closer inspection, that book has ~200 fake bios out of 30,000, but there is confirmation of his existence here. Demiurge 18:29, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per Appleton --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 00:28, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - Paucity of accomplishments compared to his sons (I checked out the whole family) unless someone uncovers a lot more. Yankeedoodledandy 02:36, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep - With brief casual research, I'm finding he played an important role in the early American Industrial Revolution.   --Oakshade 03:38, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per Oakshade. Dina 13:44, 2 December 2006 (UTC)


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