Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Davis Ticknor (New Jersey)


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   keep. The Bushranger One ping only 07:30, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

William Davis Ticknor (New Jersey)

 * – ( View AfD View log )

getting an obituary in NY Times is not an automatic qualification for a WP article. other coverage merely confirms his attendance at social events. . there also appears to be a namesake who lived before this Ticknor in Boston. LibStar (talk) 06:19, 24 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep meets every requirement of GNG. See Articles for deletion/Elbert Adrian Brinckerhoff and Articles for deletion/Charles William Floyd Coffin and Articles for deletion/Mayor of Englewood, New Jersey for more nominations using this cut and paste rationale. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 07:07, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
 * using another AfD is not a way to arguing for keep. I see this one as much weaker than Elbert Adrian Brinckerhoff. I have done searches in gnews and gbooks not done identical searches to Brinckherhoff which would be a copy and paste. that is something that you don't need to go to community college to learn. but nice tactic to divert against this guy's notability. LibStar (talk) 07:10, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
 * surprised the "NY times it must be notable" rule is not being invoked here. LibStar (talk) 07:19, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
 * simply being a chair of a company does not guarantee notability.LibStar (talk) 09:05, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 12:38, 24 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep Meets the GNG.   Th e S te ve   05:47, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
 * in what way, all the coverage verifies is he being a chairman of a company. the rest is run of the mill life details. LibStar (talk) 05:50, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
 * You are confusing my single paragraph stub which contains about 10 facts with the multiple paragraph obituaries in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal and the Boston Globe that contain about 75 facts by my count. I choose to write a short entry because that is my style of article creation. Anyone else that has access to the source documents and a willingness to transcribe the pdf files can expand them in the future. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 17:16, 25 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep I'm surprised by some of the discrepancies in his address -- I've been on Beech Street off of Jones Road many times and I want to figure out which house was his -- but the broad range of sources that cover him and his death are all strong indicators of notability. Coverage in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, along with coverage in out-of-town and industry publications are all strong indicators of notability. Alansohn (talk) 15:20, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I will look for a third source to see if it was 53 or 56. I will check the census. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 17:16, 25 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep getting an obit in the nYTimes is, at least in the 20th century, definitive evidence that the person is notable, and I am not aware of a single AfD that has ever held otherwise in the 4 years I've been here. If that sort of consensus doesn't make for a practical guideline, what does?  This echos the consensus of the world, that the nYT is sufficiently selective in this. The additional articles confirm it, but wouldn't be necessary.   DGG ( talk ) 04:13, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.