Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Samuel Martin (planter)


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The result was withdrawn by nominator. The addition of the DNB ref seems persuasive. -- Brown HairedGirl  (talk) • (contribs) 00:26, 28 February 2020 (UTC)

Samuel Martin (planter)

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No sign of notability per WP:BIO or WP:GNG. Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 02:54, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.   Brown HairedGirl  (talk) • (contribs) 02:54, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

I am a little bit surprised by this. Samuel narrowly escaped being murdered as a child and went on to write a treatise on planting. He was a leading plantation owner in Antigua and as one of the references says not only did he have "a marked influence on the social and political life of Antigua" and thus "made a widely recognized contribution that is part of the enduring historical record in a specific field", i.e. colonial life in Antigua. I would be grateful if you would be kind enough to read the actual page on Samuel Martin as it provides a link to the article in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, specifically cited in the WP:BIO as grounds for notability. Then, I would invite you to consider rescinding this Afd before any more of your fellow editors time is wasted. Leutha (talk) 07:22, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Caribbean-related deletion discussions. gnu 57  07:55, 27 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep Anyone with a full entry in the ODNB is notable. Philafrenzy (talk) 11:34, 27 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep, the sources I can access, together with the ones I can only see a bit of (like the ODNB) seem more than adequate. Guettarda (talk) 13:14, 27 February 2020 (UTC)


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