Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Lilburne


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The result was delete. Mailer Diablo 20:10, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

William Lilburne
This one's a borderline case of notability, which why I've AFD'd it instead of simply asking for a speedy deletion. Most notable clain he has is being a first cousin to one of the regicides of Charles I. A secondary claim of notability is being a great-great-great-grandfather of Thomas Jefferson. While we do have articles of relatives of some notable people, the relationships here are so remote that I can't see any reason to keep this article unless Wikipedia were a genealogical database, which it is not. Delete Caerwine Caerwhine 17:32, 20 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete. I agree, this person isn't notable.  FYI: this article was part of a lot of obscure genealogical information added to Wikipedia a long time ago by User:MPLX, who was obsessed with linking John Lilburne with Thomas Jefferson.  A lot of it has been removed. --JW1805 (Talk) 20:34, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom, really not notable. Angus McLellan (Talk) 23:36, 20 July 2006 (UTC)


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