Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Higginson


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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 22:18, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

William Higginson

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Biography of a smalltown mayor and businessman, which neither makes nor sources any strong claim of encyclopedic notability. The "references" here are just contextlessly listed, rather than actually footnoting any of the content, and none of them are substantively about him: one is a general history of the entire region in which the town he was mayor is located in, which means he's namechecked in it and not its subject, and all of the others are primary sources which cannot be used to show notability: the diary of his cousin, the municipal council's archived minutes of its own meetings, a family genealogy, and the municipality's own website. All of which means that the sourcing isn't showing him as "the subject of significant press coverage", which is what's required for passage of WP:NPOL #2, and even the substance ("Vankleek Hill lighted by electricity last night. Great rejoicing.") isn't suggesting any reason why he could be considered more notable than the norm for a smalltown mayor. Bearcat (talk) 17:24, 11 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ontario-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 17:25, 11 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 17:25, 11 June 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ad Orientem (talk) 00:38, 19 June 2017 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — MRD 20  14  02:42, 27 June 2017 (UTC) Delete My only disagreement with Bearcat's assessment of deletion is his discussion of lumping official town minutes and the municipality's website as primary sources that should not be used to show notability. Primary sources may be used to "make straightforward, descriptive statements of facts." In some cases, where a SNG affords the presumption of notability, a primary source showing the subject meets the criteria can establish a topic's notability. In this case, the subject fails WP:Politician and does is not "the subject of significant press coverage" to meet WP:GNG --Enos733 (talk) 01:25, 29 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete as per nom, searches did not turn up enough to show they pass WP:GNG, and they certainly don't meet WP:NPOL. Onel 5969  TT me 15:35, 4 July 2017 (UTC)


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