Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Silence Dogood


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The result was   keep. -- Cirt (talk) 01:29, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Silence Dogood

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Practically nothing but quotes. This would be best as a redirect to Benjamin Franklin with a brief mention there, and the quotes moved to Wikisource. Woogee (talk) 01:43, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Notability, in the form of significant coverage by multiple independent and reliable sources, is satisfied for this fictitious person or pen name, as shown by 759 results at Google Book Search . There is sufficient material that it need not be shoehorned into the already-long article about the author, Ben Franklin. A brilliant fifteen year old boy impersonating a feisty old widow was pretty funny and notable then and now. Thre has even been scholarly discussion of the origin of the name: Cotton Mather's "Essays to do good" is a likely source].Edison (talk) 01:52, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Then the quotes need to be moved to Wikiquote and linked. This is a ridiculous article.  Woogee (talk) 01:54, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
 * The references in reliable sources go beyond just quoting the writings. It is interesting that you don't like it and think it is "ridiculous," but that does not determine notability.Edison (talk) 20:56, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions.  -- NotAnonymous0 did I err?|Contribs 03:22, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions.  -- NotAnonymous0 did I err?|Contribs 03:22, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand. Notable part of American history. --TorriTorri(Talk to me!) 09:15, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. I'm not sure about the current form of the article, but Silence Dogood is surely notable for the reasons mentioned above.  David V Houston (talk) 11:59, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep: Passes WP:N. Joe Chill (talk) 01:03, 28 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep per Edison, subject to cutting down the use of block quotes significantly in this article. Encyclopedia articles should not be dominated by long block quotes. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 22:03, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
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