Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert Young Pelton (2nd nomination)


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) DavidLeighEllis (talk) 00:17, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

Robert Young Pelton
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The overall tone of this hero-worshipping biography is so promotional that I cannot figure out how to rewrite it. I think we would do better to delete and start over. Examining the earlier AfD in 2006, the keep argument are in the same tone as this article.  DGG ( talk ) 03:03, 3 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep Articles such as this and many more like it make it clear that this person is notable. We don't need to delete an article about a notable topic in order to improve it. Normal editing will suffice.  Cullen 328   Let's discuss it  04:34, 3 November 2013 (UTC)
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 * Speedy Keep We don't delete notable topics just because we don't like how an article is written. This author has plenty of book reviews to pass AUTHOR #3 not to mention tons of GNG material. DGG please stop using AfD as a mechanism to address perceived content or editor behavior issues, WP:AFDNOTCLEANUP. The previous AfD closed Keep just as this one will because there are abundant sources that show this topic is notable. -- Green Cardamom (talk) 18:20, 3 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep The nominator's argument doesn't fit neatly into any of the categories in WP:Promotion (Hero worshiping isn't good but it doesn't have to be an ad.). Furthermore, with WP:Notability clear, as I believe it is in this case, it is preferable to rewrite than to delete. Furthermore, it is possible to rewrite articles like this even in a wiki-environment with competing opinions.Crtew (talk) 20:21, 3 November 2013 (UTC)
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