Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Cornwall


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The result was delete. ✗ plicit  13:59, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

William Cornwall

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Subject does not appear to be notable. A quick Google search returns mostly a different William Cornwall (1609 – 1678), founder of Hartford, Connecticut. There is one reference on the Wikipedia page -- to a book I cannot verify (Methodism in Galway, Dudley Levistone Cooney [1978]) and so cannot ascertain how important that reference finds him. He also appears to be briefly mentioned in Methodism and Politics in British Society 1750-1850 by David Hempton (2009), though I can only get a book preview there so it is again unclear how important the subject is. - - mathmitch7 (talk/contribs) 12:35, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
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 * Delete - In terms of the notability claims in the article, and while I'm unclear what claim to notability could be made, that the subject was a member of a particular religion (or even a minister or missionary for that faith) wouldn't seem to be a claim to notability which would even pass WP:A7. Or WP:CLERGY. Otherwise, in terms of the sources to support the article/notability/etc, I'm not seeing any. At all. The only source listed in the article, Methodism in Galway (1978; Cooney), is not a book. But a pamphlet. Containing 38 pages. While it does seem to be held by several libraries in Ireland, and I haven't "checked it out" to verify, even if the subject is mentioned in that work, it seems unlikely that (even if the entirety of the 38 page pamphlet was dedicated to the subject) that it would constitute WP:SIGCOV. Not seeing it. Mine is a "delete" recommendation. Guliolopez (talk) 12:06, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete, didn't pass WP:CLERGY and I couldn't find sufficient sources for it to pass WP:GNG. Suonii180 (talk) 10:00, 8 July 2021 (UTC)


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