Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pierson B. Reading

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 of the debate was keep. Mindmatrix 03:40, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pierson B. Reading

Too nn, with only 173 results on Google. -- King of Hearts | (talk) 03:24, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

• Weak Keep if notability is mentioned in the article. Otherwise, delete. Logophile 07:05, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and expand. The linked biography asserts notability. --Quarl 09:14, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and expand, as per Quarl. Google is an aid, not a final arbitrator of notability. BTW, the linked page claims that the bio is from Memorial & Biographical History of Northern California, The Lewis Publishing Co., 1891. Perhaps a useful PD source for other California-related 19th century topics. Tupsharru 09:50, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and expand per Quarl. rodii 15:58, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
• Weak Keep The Google test is not the be-all end-all test we sometimes take it to be. The real question is this - is someone who lost a statewide election notable? Honestly if it can't be expanded much past it's current form then I would have to say delete, but for now I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt. --Bachrach44 16:29, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Modern candidates for election are voted "delete", we tell them that we'll keep them if they win. The same goes for historical candidates. Unless there is some further claim to notability, I can't see this being encyclopedic. Ifnord 16:50, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and expand to improve Wikipedia's historical coverage. QQ 21:24, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. 1891 bio provides information for expansion. Not just a candidate, but a pioneer and war figure -- Mwalcoff 23:04, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Notable enough in my opinion, and probably verifiable. —Simetrical (talk • contribs) 07:34, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
• Expand if that source, and any others which can be found, provide evidence of being a notable pioneer or a notable war figure; delete otherwise. Having lost one election for governor doesn't put Mr. Reading over my bar for notability, unless there were something very significant about the campaign beyond most of its type. Barno 21:06, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, has a biography in Memorial & Biographical History of Northern California. Since he was a politician, it would be a biography not a memorial. Kappa 05:23, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Just as another example, there are a bunch of state historical markers describing his activities, and the town of Redding, California was for a time named after him. Seems like a notable figure in California history, and while the article's a substub right now, it's certainly got potential for expansion. -Colin Kimbrell 15:48, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

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.