Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thomas Shriver


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The result was delete. Spartaz Humbug! 07:46, 26 August 2018 (UTC)

Thomas Shriver

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Fails WP:NPOL Not notable local politician. ...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 13:21, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. ...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 13:22, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Maryland-related deletion discussions. ...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 13:22, 18 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete a non-notable mayor.John Pack Lambert (talk) 01:35, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep The wikipedia article itself does not establish notability being as it only describes the subject as the mayor of a small city. However, looking through book references the subject is discussed reasonably frequently in a number of roles other than his mayoral post. E.g. in Daniel Carroll II, One Man and His Descendants, 1730-1978 by Geiger we see Thomas Shriver (1789-1879), a well-known engineer, machinist and inventor, married Ann Sharp of Baltimore. With his brother, Joseph, he supervised the construction of the Franklin Turnpike and inspected the route and bridges...  Also A history of the Shriver family: with particular reference to Jacob Shriver (1714-1792) his son Lewis Shriver (1750-1815) and their descendants. Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania: Genealogical and Personal Memoirs, Volume 3 by John Wolf Jordan. Overall he is clearly not the most important person in American history, but I believe that there is enough discussion of him in secondary sources to justify a page. Ross-c (talk) 08:54, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete -- he was the mayor of an ordinary town that had about 6,000 people at the time he was mayor, and even today only has 20,000 residents. One could argue that as a member of the state constitutional convention of 1850 to 1851, be might be notable. However, I could only find that single source and we need much more than a single sentence in a single source. The sources cited by are likewise passing mentions in privately published family histories, not secondary sources such as textbooks. Delving deeper, he had a son who might be notable. Bearian (talk) 17:50, 20 August 2018 (UTC)


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