Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William James Timmins

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 Delete. --Darth Deskana (talk page) 21:24, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] William James Timmins

Was speedied, then prod'd, has some use so going to a proper AfD Tawker 05:25, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

• Cleanup or Delete This looks like a notable bio. Also see Annie Brighton Thornley. I think that if they should kept around, then they obviously need a cleanup. It seems to pass notability after my cursory glance over them though. joshbuddy^talk 05:58, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Fascinating vignette of history. Wiki has space for this. I agree needs cleanup. Tyrenius 14:04, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as unsourced bio violating WP:V of someone who seems non-notable anyway; alright, so he was (allegedly) the engineer at the first beet cannery in Utah, but what exactly is notable about that? My vote may change if I see some backup for this, but sheesh, could I put in a largely spurious bio for one of my ancestors as long as it was spicy enough to be plausible and interesting? RGTraynor 15:35, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, nn-bio. --Terence Ong 16:12, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and cleanup. Don't criticize the user because s/he hasn't mastered the markup quite yet. WP:BITE Seems the author is quite articulate, but WP can be overwhelming for non-techies. Brownsteve 19:02, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
• Delete even if the article were cleaned up, its subject would still lack any notability. -- Kicking222 21:12, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
• Reluctant delete. The details of the subject's career are fascinating but he is hardly notable merely for being a good engineer. David | Talk 21:15, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
• Delete or reconceive article. I am the original (reluctant) {db-bio} guy. All places have local legends and locally significant people; this is too close to Wikipedia-as-genealogical-record. Author also has created similar articles on this man's wife, for example, which was speedy-deleted. Outriggr 23:46, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
• Delete nn. Eusebeus 22:03, 2 May 2006 (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.