Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sam Slocum

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was keep, move to Samuel Slocum. CDC  (talk)  20:28, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Sam Slocum
Does not seem notable - 35 google hits for ["Sam Slocum" paper], a lot of which are from Wikipedia forks. – ugen64 23:56, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete: What the heck is it even trying to say? Paper fastening device? Umm, staple, paper clip, tape, uhhh, binder ring?  We shouldn't be playing Ten Thousand Dollar Pyramid to figure the article out.  Add to that the fact that Google doesn't know the guy, and you've got nonsense, substub, and not notable. Geogre 02:15, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep: Fantastic save by User:Sjakkalle. No terrible need to make a page move, if a redirect is lodged at Samuel Slocum, but it would be better to move this article and redirect from "Sam" to "Samuel."  Excellent work. Geogre 11:09, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Only one sentence and no references, so very difficult to tell if it's a hoax.  Quale 04:44, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Super work by Sjakkalle.  Quale 16:12, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Move to Samuel Slocum and keep. The 1841 patent was for the stapler. That is notable enough even though the article is a substub. Sjakkalle 06:47, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Ah I was wrong, it was not the stapler but a device for packaging pins. Still I think this inventor might be notable enough. Sjakkalle 06:58, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I have tried scraping together enough information to make some expansions to the article. Sjakkalle 07:25, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: article is a lot better, but I think it should be moved to Samuel Slocum. – ugen64 22:49, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. If he invented something, he's notable, especially because it got a patent. Superm401 | Talk 00:16, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)
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