Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Thomas Mason


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was soft delete. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Liz Read! Talk! 02:00, 23 November 2022 (UTC)

William Thomas Mason

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I think we fall short of WP:GNG here: of the three cited sources #1 is a short obituary in a local paper as part of a "local and general" news round up; #2 A 1906 encyclopedia entry that provides the most substantial coverage of the subject, but notably does so only in the context of its entry about the local Marlborough Police Department (for which we have no article), which he was head of at the time. #3 is a trivial mention in a ship-arrival announcement. Additional coverage was not readily available on Google Scholar or Google Books. signed,Rosguill talk 01:39, 16 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Police, England,  and New Zealand. signed,Rosguill talk 01:39, 16 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 11:11, 16 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete fails WP:BASIC. Creator has repeatedly created pages that don't satisfy notability. Mztourist (talk) 04:44, 17 November 2022 (UTC)


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