Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert J White (headmaster)

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The result was Delete. -- Longhair\^talk 02:03, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Robert J White (headmaster)

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School headmasters are not inherently notable. I don't see anything particularly remarkable about this one. —Moondyne 05:52, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

He is notable as he was the school's first laid headmaster in its hundred and something year history. Talk to symode09's or How's my driving? 06:02, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

I assume you mean lay. Most catholic colleges in modern times have made that transition from priestly brothers to lay and so there has to be one that is the first of the new order. I just don't see how that makes that individual notable. Does the last priest become notable also because he's the last? —Moondyne 06:36, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

• Delete Tend to agree with Moondyne here - if he was notable outside the school context then this would be different. Orderinchaos 06:28, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

He has moved on to be a major role at christan brithers education australia (see http://www.loopaustralia.com/Director%20Announcement.pdf ) and, influences all the christian brother schools in australia 203.59.214.40 06:35, 10 September 2007 (UTC) (I am User:Symode09)

• Delete As Orderinchaos. If he has done something notable then it would be a keep. Simply being headmaster, even the first one of a new school, is not inherently notable Recurring dreams 06:40, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletions. -- Recurring dreams 06:41, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

• Delete. I have made a reasonably thorough search for anything published about him by a reputable third-party source, and have come up with diddly-squat. Hesperian 06:54, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Luckily I have a copy of the press release (I could not find the original on their shitty site) http://www.loopaustralia.com/Director%20Announcement.pdf 203.59.214.40 07:11, 10 September 2007 (UTC) (USER:SYMODE09)

I received a request from the above user to reconsider my !vote. I have reconsidered. My !vote stands. A press release is not a reputable third-party source. The speil on White was almost certainly written by White himself as part of his candidacy statement. Even if it wasn't, it was written by someone with a vested interest in making White look good. Even if it wasn't, it was not published by a reputable publisher. And even if it had been, the amount of encyclopedic information it imparts is insufficient to justify an article on him. Hesperian 11:17, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

• Delete no claim of notability in the article besides being a school headmaster, and that isn't nearly enough by itself. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 14:17, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per nom.--JForget 00:11, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
• Delete Creator. though i had it speedied, which it wasnt. Twenty Years 14:51, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
  • It had been speedied, on a db-author because of lack of notability. Symode09 seemed to think he could insert proper sources to establish that. Apparently he was wrong. At least this will bury it once and for all. --Golbez 13:58, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

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