Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Henry Havelock


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 02:48, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

William Henry Havelock

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Tagged for notability for 5 years; couldn't confirm notability Boleyn (talk) 20:45, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment: google books shows 674 links, will check if something useful can be added here.--GDibyendu (talk) 13:47, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep Delete : many of the google books links are on another person, a general named Henry Havelock. William Henry Havelock was a different person, who joined Bombay Civil Service in 1847 and was a police commissioner in Southern Division of Bombay, as per this link. Later he became the commissioner of Sindh. But, that probably does not make much of notability.--GDibyendu (talk) 17:12, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I am also changing my opinion. It seems commissioners were of the highest ruling position of British India for a province, unless there was a position of a Governor. So, notable with that logic. Sindh was a big region, and it had commissioners in the highest administrative position till 1936, from when position of a Governor was created.--GDibyendu (talk) 12:01, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
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 *  Delete  Per GDibyendu's research above. Also confirmed in brief bio here. Mcewan (talk) 17:46, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment. There is an AfD for another commissioner of Sind at Articles for deletion/Francis Dawes Melville where an argument for inherent notability of the post is being made. Note that Havelock was Acting Commissioner per the bio above. Also the position was only created in 1847. I suspect there may more to say here (by a British Indian Empire expert). Mcewan (talk) 01:37, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep. This is admittedly borderline, but I think commissioner is an important enough position for its holders to be inherently notable. Although Havelock was only acting commissioner, he did hold the appointment for a year and the fact he was appointed acting commissioner suggests he was already the second most senior official in the province, which makes him pretty senior to begin with. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:12, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep -- I would suggest that those governing Inidan provinces, even on an acting basis are notable. The problem with this article is that it is a mere stub, and tells us nothing of what he did as Commissioner.  Peterkingiron (talk) 15:07, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep I now concur with above opinions on inherent notability. Mcewan (talk) 15:49, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
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