Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Smith (registrar)


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The result was delete. North America1000 00:48, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

William Smith (registrar)

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Completely unreferenced biography of a person notable primarily as a court registrar, which is not a notable position in and of itself — it makes him a clerk, not a jurist. The only other real notability claims being made here are that he was the father and grandfather of notable people (but notability is WP:NOTINHERITED) and vague, unsubstantiated claims that he was "prominent" for his marriage (but the article is written so awkwardly that it actually says he was married to an entire ethnic group rather than an individual woman, and while his actual wife is named in his daughter's article, it doesn't actually indicate any reason why his wife would be notable enough to make him "prominent" for marrying her either.) If there were any actual sourcing or substance here, it would probably be fine -- but as written, there's no discernible reason why he would qualify for an article. Bearcat (talk) 16:49, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ghana-related deletion discussions.  M assiveYR   ♠  17:41, 10 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete From what I can find on the 'net, there is little about him. Discretion and kudos given to anyone who turns up with something not online that discusses him significantly. My name is not dave (talk/contribs) 12:51, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom lacks references.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 20:16, 17 October 2017 (UTC)


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