Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/J. J. Dossen

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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 keep per WP:SNOW. Canley (talk) 00:09, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] J. J. Dossen

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Article fails WP:N, has no references, doesn't even have a date of birth. Kimu 20:09, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

  • Yes, but the vice president of (I believe) liberia from 1904 (I think)? Also, we don't even have a date of birth, date of death and the article has no references. Kimu 20:22, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
  • That means you're not very likely to find out too much about him on the Internet. If vice presidents are indeed very notable (I wouldn't know for sure, I don't pay attention to biographical articles), then this should probably be tagged for references (i.e. print sources) instead. Note that I said probably -- there's still a chance that this could prove unworthy of being kept. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 20:38, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep, holder of two national-level offices is notable. Numerous Google Books results. --Dhartung | Talk 21:22, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep User:EJF has added some references. Instead of taking this to AFD, it might have been better to drop a request for references at Wikipedia:WikiProject Africa or one of the subprojects. We can usually assume that vice-presidents pass WP:N. Zagalejo^^^ 21:46, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep — I went through Google Books and found references and details on full name, place of birth, date of death and some other information. Given that he was V.P for 8 years and Chief Justice for 13 years suggests that he is notable. And don't delete, it's now mine ;-) EJF (talk) 21:57, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep per addition of references, now asserts notability quite clearly. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 21:57, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep notabilty asserted.Dreamspy (talk) 23:12, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Strong keep. References clearly establish a high degree of notability (vice-president, chief justice of the supreme court of Liberia.) Is there snow in the forecast? OlenWhitaker • talk to me or don't • ♣ ♥ ♠ ♦ 23:15, 15 March 2008 (UTC) 23:15, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep. Article subject even has a hospital named after them - article could be expanded into something useful for WP. Dan Beale-Cocks 23:41, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions. —EJF (talk) 23:48, 15 March 2008 (UTC)


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