Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William George Tabb


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The result was merge to St Brelade's Church. (non-admin closure) – Davey 2010 Talk 00:42, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

William George Tabb

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Speedy removed with the flaky rationale 'rector of notable churche'. Whatever. I see no claim of notability her, just a vicar doing his job. incidentqlly the article gives off a heavy smell of copyvio. TheLongTone (talk) 14:03, 11 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Redirect to St Brelade's Church, which includes a list of the church's rectors. The church is clearly notable, but notability is not inherited, and I can find very little that even hints at nontrivial coverage of Tabb himself. The most promising book, A Peculiar Occupation, is not suitable as a reliable source because it is not independent (it is written by his nephew). Mentions in other books and in the proceedings of the Société Jersiaise are mostly trivial or routine, local coverage. Regarding the potential copyvio issue, the text of the article largely duplicates this blog post. The article was created on the same day that blog post was published, and available information suggests that they were created by the same person. However, it is my understanding of policy that we would require an OTRS ticket to confirm rights ownership, if we were going to retain the content; based on notability and sourcing concerns, I don't think it's worth going to that trouble. Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 15:34, 11 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 03:17, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
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 * Merge into St Brelade's Church. I see no harm, and plenty of good, to add a list of rectors, e[specially a long-serving incumbent such as this. Bearian (talk) 22:30, 13 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment by nominatorThe proposed merge seems an acceptable solution.TheLongTone (talk) 12:43, 14 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete or merge a brief summary -- This should not survive as a free-standing article. He may well have been an admirable clergyman, but nevertheless NN in WP terms.  I would discourage retaining a redirect, as that is likely to result in someone reinstating the article as a substantive one, which is not deserved.  Peterkingiron (talk) 18:13, 14 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Merge into St Brelade's Church.–  J U M P G U R U   ■ ask ㋐㋜㋗ ■ 04:05, 18 October 2016 (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.