Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Van Spence (2nd nomination)


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The result was delete. Spartaz Humbug! 07:08, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Van Spence
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Wikipedia is WP:NOTMEMORIAL. Nothing here shows anything that would satisfy WP:BIO. Clarityfiend (talk) 05:46, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete - Not all of our ancestors are notable. All the sources are just genealogy websites, which really aren't reliable. Koridas (...Puerto Rico for statehood!) 06:52, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete a Google Books check reveals nothing but one passing mention in Minnesota Treasures: Stories Behind the State's Historic Places. Not anywhere near enough to satisfy WP:BIO. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:22, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment I found some coverage in the Star-Tribune here and here in addition to Peacemaker's passing mention. Granted, it's not a major paper, but it's not a small publication either. Eddie891 Talk Work 14:57, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Weak delete the sources I found seem to be the only in-depth coverage of him, and the Star Tribune is not a national paper. Not quite enough to satisfy WP:BASIC, which requires multiple sources. Eddie891 Talk Work 15:00, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Minnesota-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 12:38, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
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 * Delete fails WP:GNG. Mztourist (talk) 13:41, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Weak delete - Technically, there's in-depth coverage in two sources. However, it seems that Mr. Spence has failed to get any sort of attention outside of that one city newspaper.  With all of the coverage limited to one local area, I don't think that can push this to a GNG pass.  With biographies, coverage in a major national newspaper or at least coverage from multiple geographic areas should probably have to be met to indicate notability.  It's fairly easy for a figure to get a couple decent writeups in some local papers, where I grew up scoring 1,000 points in your high school basketball career generally garnered you at least a couple articles, and that definitely doesn't make you notable. No evidence that Mr. Spence has any notability outside of that one specific area. Hog Farm (talk) 02:22, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
 * (With some regret) DElete -- Most of the article appears to be a copied extract from a NN book, which is presumably COPYVIO. The case is perhaps an unusual one, but I doubt that the subject meets notability criteria.  I am not saying that it did not happen.  I merely suggest it is NN.  Peterkingiron (talk) 17:54, 7 June 2020 (UTC)


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