Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Loys of Gruuthuse

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The result of the debate was keep. bainer (talk) 08:04, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Loys of Gruuthuse

Non-notable, only 40 hits on google, majority of them is wikipedia-references _→AzaToth 23:37, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Comment Google is not the be-all and end-all verification source on a historical figure like this. This subject is easily found in history texts. BehroozZ 01:07, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

• We've already got a redlink to him as Lewis de Bruges, 1st Earl of Winchester; looks like a naming issue. Shimgray | talk | 23:41, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Notable historical person. BehroozZ 01:07, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per WP:V. Stifle (talk) 00:35, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Born more than 500 years ago, if someone stills finds him worth an article of this length he is notable. A lot more notable than others I have encountered on Wikipedia. Verifiability is not an argument: that no sources are given does not mean they don't exist. There are more than enough sources on this period that will include him. Piet 10:46, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, the 1st Earl of Winchester is of course notable. Avalon 00:50, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, we have articles for dozens of other earls for no reason other than that they're earls, so the person an Earldom was created for must be notable. --Tango 17:37, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

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