Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sсоffin, Williаm (1654/5–1732)


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The result was   keep. Spartaz Humbug! 19:56, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

William Scoffin
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The notability of this person is not clear to me. FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 22:38, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete as a probable copyvio of the Oxford DNB entry. (I'm not going to subscribe to the thing to make sure; but the word counts seem to match, and the form of the lemma is a giveaway.) Deor (talk) 01:57, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I guess I'll have to change my !vote to weak keep on the basis of CaliforniaAliBaba's rewrite, though I hate to do so. I'm of the opinion that when an article begins its life as a copyvio in toto, it should be wiped out; I don't like to see copyvios hanging around even in article histories. CAB could have let this be deleted, then created a new article (at a correctly styled title) with his/her text. I fail to comprehend what moving plus supplying completely new text gains us here. Deor (talk) 13:58, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I vaguely recall the procedure being to oversight it out of the history only if the copyright owner asked, and doing nothing at all otherwise. Has that changed recently? I haven't been paying attention too closely, to be honest. cab (talk) 10:23, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I was just grousing. I'm not saying that you did anything wrong, exactly; I just don't see the point. Instead of moving this article, along with the copyvio in its history, why not simply create your new article at the proper title? Deor (talk) 19:27, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep restubbed based on an 1825 source. An entry in the DNB is a clear indicator of notability. cab (talk) 04:21, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per being in the DNB. Whatever that is. I trust CAB that it's a clear indicator of notability. ChildofMidnight (talk) 06:24, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Directory of Non-notable Bollocks. Not to be confused with the Dictionary of National Biography. Thank you for your trust in 3-letter acronyms, cab (talk) 06:30, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
 * keep as rewritten, but I would agree that the closing admin must delete the initional copyvio version and notify user:cab for recreation. Mukadderat (talk) 23:07, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
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