Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Lightbourn Strong

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 delete‎. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 04:40, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

William Lightbourn Strong (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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Not seeing anything that would satisfy WP:BIO. Clarityfiend (talk) 04:42, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per WP:BIO. Nothing on ProQuest, Newspapers Archive, or JSTOR. APK whisper in my ear 04:49, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 05:29, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions. A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 05:29, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. Aside from the lack of refs, the article itself paints the picture of a non-notable Presbyterian minister who pastored non-notable churches in the early 19th century.

--A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 05:35, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete, a decent man but not especially notable. But a comment, once again that pernicious little note "this article incorporates public domain material from..." conceals the fact that this article is public domain material from. Apart from the first sentence, it is simply, word-for-word, a copy of an obituary published by Yale. We are supposed to be an encyclopaedia, summarising multiple sources, not just another mirror site acting as a dumping-ground/archive for copies of bits of other sites and documents. Elemimele (talk) 08:00, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• We should generally evaluate the value of the information in an article when deciding whether to delete or seek an ATD. Given that this seems to all come from the Yale source, let's take advantage and do a minimal merge into William Strong (Pennsylvania judge). There's a sentence or two of value to the early life section of that subject's biography. —siroχo 09:39, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Connecticut, and New York. Hey man im josh (talk) 11:56, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment I found a one-page-long biography, here. 𝕱𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖎𝖆 (talk) 01:55, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  That's the Yale biography that the article is built from. --A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 04:47, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  I think they are two distinct publications both by Yale. —siroχo 04:51, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.