Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/A.H Yarnold

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The result was delete. Sarahj2107 (talk) 13:12, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A.H Yarnold[edit]

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Biography of a prep school headmaster, making and sourcing no credible claim of greater notability than the norm among the thousands of other such people who have also existed over the years. The referencing here relies on a single news article in the local newspaper, and the school's own primary source website about itself, and the writing tone skews in a surprisingly advertorial direction for a guy who's dead. None of this suggests that he warrants an encyclopedia article for it. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 16:40, 2 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:40, 3 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:40, 3 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A.H Yarnold was the first headmaster of Mosman Preparatory School he was a leader in education and one of the most influential people at his time. Wikipedia is a place to share all information not to just choose the important or well known stuff. Yarnold was not just a normal person as he founded a school. Wikipedia needs to remind itself why it was created, Wikipedia is there to share information and not to make people and places forgotten. DO NOT REMOVE — Preceding unsigned comment added by Halljo22 (talk • contribs) 02:04, 4 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- ? Which policy do you invoke for notability? Xxanthippe (talk).
- No, Wikipedia is not a place to share "all" information; it's a core principle of Wikipedia, in fact, that we are not "about everything". We are a place to share information which complies with our rules around notability and the use of reliable sources, and those are criteria that include some classes of information while deliberately excluding many others. We're an encyclopedia, not a free platform to write minimally sourced articles about every single person who ever got their name into their local newspaper once. Bearcat (talk) 14:39, 4 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, essentially per nom. Borderline A7 case, no indication of passing any relevant notability guidelines. Nsk92 (talk) 14:58, 4 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. WP:Prof not passed. Xxanthippe (talk) 22:48, 4 June 2016 (UTC).[reply]
Delete/merge useful information to the article on Mosman Preparatory School.John Pack Lambert (talk) 22:02, 5 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as nothing at all convincing there's the needed substance for his notable information, clearly no means of gathering better information either. SwisterTwister talk 06:42, 8 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

How many damn references do you want? Wikipedia is a place to research all topics thats what makes it unique and unlike other websites and encyclopedias it lets random people from all around the world share information on different topics not for them to come share information and have it taken down. DO NOT REMOVE

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