Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Samuel Youngs


 * 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 no consensus. The AfD is being closed many years later, because it was never properly closed back then, because it was never visible, because it was never transcluded on any of the daily logpages. Technically, it has still been open this whole time.

Nobody else could ever be admitted here, because this door was made only for you. I am now going to shut it. (non-admin closure) jp×g 04:42, 25 July 2022 (UTC)

Samuel Youngs

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Delete. The reason I nominated this article is because although his story may have helped inspire a film, it doesn't seem to make him notable himself. I saw teachers as coming under the section, and criteria, given below on WP:BIO, which, from the article, he doesn't seem to meet:

Scientists, academics, economists, professors, authors, editors, journalists, filmmakers, photographers, artists, architects, engineers, and other creative professionals:

''The person is regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by their peers or successors. The person is known for originating a significant new concept, theory or technique. The person has created, or played a major role in co-creating, a significant or well-known work, or collective body of work, which has been the subject of an independent book or feature-length film, or of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews.'' The person's work either (a) has become a significant monument, (b) has been a substantial part of a significant exhibition, (c) has won significant critical attention, or (d) is represented within the permanent collections of several notable galleries or museums, or had works in many significant libraries.

He could also, possibly, be considered under:

Any biography ''The person has received a notable award or honor, or has been often nominated for them. The person has made a widely recognized contribution that is part of the enduring historical record in his or her specific field.''

However, although there is the film, he has not made a widely recognized contribution in in his specific field, which is education.

A Google search also uncovered very little information on him, mainly just a couple of sites listing all the people buried at Sleepy Hollow. I think the best option would perhaps be a redirect to the character Youngs was said to have inspired, as I believe he has his own article, or to the film's article. But as it stands, I don't think it meets the criteria for its own article. Boleyn (talk) 09:52, 21 February 2009 (UTC)


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