Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Last Abraham Godwin


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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 19:11, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

The Last Abraham Godwin

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Non-notable Civil War private lacking in-depth, non-trivial support. Author is basing notability on the fact the subject's name is on a war memorial. red dogsix (talk) 17:12, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
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 * Comment - The 'Abraham Godwins' are well known in New Jersey, but their stories of what wars they fought in are often criss-crossed because there are so many of them with the same name and no numbers. I understand Wikipedia's policy that heritage does not denote a page but because they all have the same name they should be clearly differentiated. We shouldn't attribute any history of one Abraham Godwin to another Abraham Godwin's page because it will just cause more confusion that we don't need. The entire purpose of creating these Wikipedia pages dedicated to the Abraham Godwins is to officially end the local confusion CHGodwin (talk) 17:35, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Maybe you can add a section to the Abraham Godwin article clearly delineating who's who with a sentence or two for each Abraham, whether or not they each have an individual article. Station1 (talk) 05:07, 2 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete The title is intriguing, but the claims in the article don't support notability nor could I find any additional sources, though the overwhelming number of soldiers named Abraham Godwin does make this a bit more challenging. Alansohn (talk) 19:10, 1 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Comment - John Reid Jr, the person who took the photograph of Abraham was a significant photographer in and after the Civil War. He doesn't have a wikipedia page, could I merge his with Abraham's or would it have to be the other way around? or neither? I would prefer linking this page to Abraham Godwin Jr and doing a merger rather then deleting it. thanks- CHGodwin (talk) 19:56, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
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 * Delete -- does not meet WP:SOLDIER and lacks sufficient sources to meet GNG. No claim of notability or significance apart of having the name on an obelisk, which is clearly not sufficient. K.e.coffman (talk) 07:24, 2 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete - as failing WP:GNG and WP:SOLDIER. The name on obelisk does not grant passing. Arthistorian1977 (talk) 21:30, 2 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. How many other names are on the monument?  The linked article abut the park in Patterson does not say, and from its description, it would seem that it probably lists all the combatants from Paterson or Passaic County, so inscription of the name does not contribute to notability.  Neither does having a picture taken by a notable photograper -- Mathew Brady took lots of pictures of privates.  --Lineagegeek (talk) 21:42, 2 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not notable in and of himself. Wouldn't be averse to merge if there is a plausible target (family and/or monument (that isn't a general monument with hundreds of names)).Icewhiz (talk) 21:57, 2 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete I believe it should be merged with his father Abraham Godwin Jr CHGodwin (talk) 00:20, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete -- a NN soldier. No objection to redirecting to a list article or merging to a relative.  Peterkingiron (talk) 14:14, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete -- Does not meet WP:SOLDIER or WP:GNG. Having your name inscribed on a list on a monument does not confer notability.  Hawkeye7   (talk)  21:27, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete, non-notable, per Hawkeye7, above. Wikipedia is not a newspaper. Kierzek (talk) 18:09, 4 September 2017 (UTC)


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