Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steven Van Voorhees


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The result was   keep. — Mr. Stradivarius  (have a chat) 09:58, 15 September 2012 (UTC)

Steven Van Voorhees

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Non-notable person. Article lacks third party sources; I could not find any reliable ones. Tinton5 (talk) 06:10, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
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 * Delete Neutral - the only notability is that descendants of his had towns named after them, which means that his notable achievement is "having children". JoshuSasori (talk) 01:36, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep - I added references. - Theornamentalist (talk) 05:34, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
 * OK so we can believe that this person existed and had children, but that is not the point. How does this person meet the guidelines for biographies? There is nothing notable on the page. JoshuSasori (talk) 08:35, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I added some more things, magistrate, founder of the church, patentee, considered the American founder of the family line. I think it should be good now. - Theornamentalist (talk) 18:16, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I must say, Theornamentalist, that you did a wonderful job sprucing up the article by adding in sources, expansion, and further fixes. I commend you. I would like to know if Mr. Voorhees has any connection to Voorhees, New Jersey, since that is included in the "see also" section. My vote now is a keep. Let's see what others say. Tinton5 (talk) 20:36, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm withdrawing my "delete" per Tinton5. I'm not sure this person is notable though. JoshuSasori (talk) 01:16, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep This article provides so many sources that tell so much about Van Voorhees, though so little of it relates to notability. The pioneer ancestor of Bergen County is a reasonably credible claim of notability in a credible source. Alansohn (talk) 21:02, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep There is enough notability for the page. Vincelord (talk) 15:51, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
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