Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mordecai lincoln

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The result of the debate was Move to Mordecai Lincoln. Physchim62 20:35, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Mordecai lincoln

I tagged this for speedy under A7, since IMO being Abraham Lincoln's uncle is not an assertion of notability. Another editor disagreed, so I'm bringing it here. My vote remains speedy delete as an article about a real person that does not assert notability. Angr/_{tɔk tə mi} 20:09, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

• I apologise if I'm wrong but I thought it better to go through AfD rather than to do a questionable speedy under A7 - the most contentious of them all. No vote. --Celestianpower ^hablamé 20:15, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
• First let me say I agree completely that this should be AfD not speedy. This is illustrated by the following: Keep and move to correct capitalization. His house has historical significance and is featured on the front of the Springfield, KY homepage: [1]. --best, kevin ···Kzollman | Talk··· 20:34, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
• I agree with keep and move to Mordecai Lincoln. Granted not every uncle of every dead president needs an article, but this guy did build a house that is in the National Registry of Historic Places. I have created the Mordecai Lincoln page. Once this AfD vote is established, either both can be deleted or a redirect can be put up at Mordecai lincoln. --Gaff ^talk 21:10, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

• Lincoln sidenote. Anyone from Illinois or interested in Lincoln history may want to write and article on First Presbyterian Church (Springfield). I found out that it is where the Lincoln family went to church when I was writing an article on pipe organ builder John Brombaugh.—Gaff ^ταλκ 07:25, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

• Keep, per Kzollman.  BD2412 ^talk 02:12, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
• I discovered Mordecai through my own genealogical research. He was a leader of the Catholic community in frontier Kentucky. The fact that Lincoln grew up in this community appears to be virtually unknown to historians, and may bear on several aspects of Lincoln's career. I am working up to writing this obscure history. The first step is to identify Mordecai. At some point I would reference him into the article about Abe.M dorothy 02:35, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Every uncle of every President is not notable, but this is Lincoln. As a once-aspiring American History academic, I submit that there has probably been scholarship written on every Lincoln relative known to exist. Xoloz 13:26, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and move to proper capitalization. However, if there really is "scholarship written on every Lincoln relative known to exist," perhaps at some point, when we have enough information about others, we can merge and redirect all of said relatives, just to keep things tidy. --Jacquelyn Marie 18:53, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

• Keep. Relatives of presidents are notable, and this one is particularly. Academic Challenger 08:26, 22 October 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.