Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert Biggar


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The result was Delete. --MelanieN (talk) 23:56, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

Robert Biggar

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Almost all of source 1's references to the Biggars is to this man's father, Hamilton. Source 3 is also about his relatives. Assuming good faith that source 2 talks about him at length, that's one RS, which is insufficient for demonstrating notability. Furthermore, the claims to notability presented here are very weak - they essentially amount to the fact that he lived, did a job, switched job, had some kids and a piano, bought some land and unsuccessfully tried to get a town named after him. Dweller (talk) 10:29, 31 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Weak keep - Biggar probably is not the most notable person who ever lived, but you're misreading the sources; the article is about Robert; Hamilton is this man's son (and Hamilton Fisk his grandson). The second source discusses him in quite some detail (link). And he was successful enough in getting the town named after himself that he could be reached by mail sent to "Biggers Town", though the article could probably be reworded to make that more obvious. Huon (talk) 20:29, 31 July 2015 (UTC)
 * What I said was that the article is about Robert. There are three sources. Source 1 is almost all about someone who isn't Robert. The town wasn't named after him. --Dweller (talk) 08:37, 2 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ontario-related deletion discussions. &mdash;&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·E·C) 04:51, 1 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. &mdash;&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·E·C) 04:52, 1 August 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Unfortunately delete simply because there's nothing better to add with my searches including this finding nothing particularly good. SwisterTwister   talk  05:57, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JAaron95  Talk   13:28, 7 August 2015 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ☮  JAaron95  Talk   14:58, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete no claim of notability in the article, he came and settled, so what? Sources mention him as an early settler, that's run-of-the-mill in local history books of the time. Kraxler (talk) 15:52, 21 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not every early settler is notable simply because they were an early settler.  Onel 5969  TT me 16:44, 21 August 2015 (UTC)


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