Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thomas Arbuthnot of Meethill

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The result was Delete. Walton ^{Need some help?} 19:11, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thomas Arbuthnot of Meethill

Thomas Arbuthnot of Meethill (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

Not notable and what limited information is there is doubtful Giano 10:45, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete- no evidence that this person meets WP:BIO Thunderwing 11:56, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
• keep - notable, maybe not that notable but notable all the same. --Counter-revolutionary 11:59, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete as nn individual. Montco 15:39, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete Let's see, he was a merchant, a mayor, and he owned a ship. We don't typically include people with no more claim to notability than that, even leaving aside any dubiousness in the reliability of the sources. DES ^(talk) 16:26, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

...the ship is notable though, if that's relevant. --Counter-revolutionary 16:27, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

I don't think it is relevant, unless it is documented that he had a god deal to do with its notability. DES ^(talk) 17:35, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

The source for the claim is Kittybrewster's website (the wrong page; this one mentions Thomas, but not the ship). He may well be right; but this is not reliable. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 23:26, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

• Merge/redirect to List of Provosts of Peterhead and have the two verifiable sentences about him there. No need to remove the information, but no need for an article either.--Doc^g 16:30, 12 May 2007 (UTC) Actually, there's nothing verifiable to merge that's not there. Delete.--Doc^g 20:48, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
• Merge/redirect per Doc. Edison 19:54, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
• Userify to Kittybrewster's userspace; there would be nothing wrong with an article on the family. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 23:27, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete, shockingly unnotable. Provosts of a town that has a modern population of 18,000 simply don't pass WP:BIO. --Dhartung | Talk 23:38, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
• No vote Although if it was spelled meathill that would be kind of funny because it would make you think of a hill of meat, and who would pile a bunch of meat in a hill. That's silly! --Infrangible 20:02, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
• note: See related nomination Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/George Arbuthnot of Invernettie. DES ^(talk) 22:21, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. He is already in the List of Provosts of Peterhead, so there is nothing to merge, and there is no source to show he is connected to the famous ship. Mrs Arbuthnot's "Memories" says nothing about the ship, and even the kittybrewster.com genealogy doesn't connect him to a specific ship. EdJohnston 04:09, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete There have been thousands like him and there will be thousands more. — MichaelLinnear 04:12, 15 May 2007 (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.