Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sam von Trapp


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   delete. Courcelles 16:59, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Sam von Trapp

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Contested prod, reason was "I object to the deletion because I think others, like me, are interested in the descendants of a family whose lives inspired an entire generation. Sometimes you just want to see where did the seed go", which does nothing but strengthen my argument - the subject is only notable as a descendant of the von Trapps, his notability is therefore wholly INHERITed, and the article should be deleted. MSJapan (talk) 17:35, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
 * It's alwasy better to have more information, than less. This is a principle Wikipedia should adhere to. Even if a von Trapp's descendant's life is not important for you, it is for me, because I like to know how thing went on, at least for the 2nd generation. I think you deletionists should just back off. You're runining Wikipedia. Blind cyclist (talk) 19:09, 3 January 2011 (UTC)


 * delete. There is no significant coverage of this Von Trapp family member, and no other indications of individual notability. Notability for Wikipedia purposes is not inherited, and Wikipedia is not Who's Who, so simply being related to someone notable is not sufficient for an article of your own. The de-prodder's curiosity could be satisfied better by other websites set up for such purposes. Thryduulf (talk) 18:31, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  -- Jclemens-public (talk) 00:22, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete: Fails WP:NOTINHERITED. Coverage of Sam is trivial, and he has no independent notability.  Wikipedia is not People magazine.   Ravenswing  19:35, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
 * So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye. A non-notable grandson of Maria von Trapp is too far down the family tree. Clarityfiend (talk) 23:45, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep: for the reasons I originally mentioned. This one entry is not costing forests in paper. Let's incommodate a few electrons, shall we?Blind cyclist (talk) 19:12, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment: Do you have an argument founded in an actual policy or guideline you'd like to proffer?  Ravenswing  00:23, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment. By this line of reasoning, we could add just about anybody's bio because somebody is interested. Ancestry.com is thataway. Clarityfiend (talk) 07:42, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment "Just about anybody" is not the son of the original vot Trapp. Actually, in the end I personally don't even care about this guy all that much, but I suspect others do more than I. I remember how deeply interested I was in reading about A. Einstein's descendants. My main motivation is to stop the prevailing trend of deletionism, which in an electronic media is 100% unnecessary. Blind cyclist (talk) 10:46, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Reply: If you disagree with the premise that articles can be deleted from Wikipedia, I suggest you hit the deletion policy talk page and see if you can sway consensus to your POV. Individual AfD discussions are not the proper venues for such a debate.   Ravenswing  15:56, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
 * "The requested page title is invalid." What is the correct place?Blind cyclist (talk) 16:18, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.