Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Paul Bradley

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 delete. Jaranda ^{wat's sup} 02:57, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] William Paul Bradley

William Paul Bradley (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) - (View log)

No sources, no evidence that the role of administrator of an estate is significant outside of a very small locus. Guy (Help!) 09:46, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

• It is difficult to find sources for more recent individuals in the White Estate. The White Estate serves the Seventh-day Adventist Church which has a membership of around 15 million members. A history of the White Estate is very much needed and the chairman of the board of the White Estate has played a significant role in shaping the church's role of who Ellen White is and how she is perceived. His name doesn't appear in more recent denominational histories which is all the more reason that we need to keep his name so that we can learn more about him as other Adventists contribute information ~~thewalkingstick~~ 22 Jan 2007
• so write an article about the White Estate, if thats the notable subject DGG 00:21, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

• Quite so. with, of course, reliable sources. It's not Wikipedia's job to remedy a lack of information in the real world. Guy (Help!) 22:01, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

• I've expanded the article from a short one-liner to something more substantial. I work in an Archives facility so I'll try to add more sources tomorrow. It's gradually being expanded so I plead patience and to keep this article! Thewalkingstick 23 Jan 2007
• BTW, there is an extensive article I wrote on the White Estate. I also added an obituary source. Thewalkingstick 24 January 2007

• Delete article does not establish notability. Nuttah68 10:27, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached
 Please add new discussions below this notice. Thanks, W.marsh 19:43, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

• Just giving it another shake... sources were added a few days after the AfD started. --W.marsh 19:43, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete, I don't feel that any of Mr. Bradley's activities are notable enough to meet WP:BIO. The added sources verify that he existed and did some things, but they don't establish that he had the sort of independently documented impact that belongs in an encyclopedia. Barno 20:43, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

• Comment: The only mention of Bradley in Ellen G. White Estate is inclusion in the list of chairmen. Frankly, I don't see that the trust is particularly notable in any context except a small historical sidenote to the Seventh-Day Adventist church, so I think the White Estate topic should be merged into an SDA article. Certainly being a former chair of an estate trust is not a sufficient claim to notability under WP:BIO unless he was involved in some event which drew substantial coverage from independent published sources. I see no indication of that being the case here. Barno 20:50, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

• Delete, another un-notable Seventh Day Adventist official. This material is suitable for a history of the church, but has little relevance to a general-interest encyclopedia. --Dhartung | Talk 23:46, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per WP:N. There is nothing in the article to indicate which, if any, of the criteria in WP:BIO he satisfies. Ohconfucius 07:00, 31 January 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.