Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Highfield Jones


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The result was   Withdraw. by nominator. (non-admin closure) — Theo polisme  01:01, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

William Highfield Jones

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Non-notable BLP which fails WP:GNG, WP:BIO, and WP:POLITICIAN. As the latter states, local politicians are only to be included in their own articles if they have received significant press coverage or otherwise pass the GNG, which this Wolverhampton Mayor does not. A quick Google search yields very few (if any) reliable results that are not either covered in the article (there are only 2 of those, by the way) or about a different person with a similar name. RedSoxFan2434 (talk) 01:01, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
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 * Question I'm out of my depth on 19th C English political structure, but Jones received the Freedom of Buroughs in 1902 I guess for Wolverhampton. This might apply to WP:ANYBIO #1. Looking at larger cities like Honorary Freedom of the City of Birmingham there are not many on the list. So it looks like a select honor. Does anyone know? -- Green Cardamom (talk) 06:54, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm rather surprised that the nominator (or anyone) thinks that a quick Google search is the best way to determine whether someone who was active 150 years ago is notable. Phil Bridger (talk) 22:40, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Fair point, that sentence has now been struck. This article also appears to pass WP:BIO now per Green Cardamom. I'd like to request to anyone reading this that this be withdrawn. RedSoxFan2434 (talk) 02:23, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep -- I would be happier if we had an article on his company. Its (apparent) trade was a prominent one in the area, so that if it was the largest in its sector, the company would have been notable.  Honorary freedom of the borough is an unusual distinction, which may probably means that he was considered notable at the time.  Mayor today is chairman - not (political) leader of the council, and is generally the longest serving councillor who has not been mayor; this hardly gives notability.  I suspect that this is an article in need of improvement, and when improved notability will be apparent.  Peterkingiron (talk) 20:05, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
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