Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Andrew V. Corry

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The result was keep with just a tad of withdraw ~ Amory (u • t • c) 10:29, 28 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Andrew V. Corry

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Simply being an ambassador for a country does not confer automatic notability - see WP:DIPLOMAT. As per WP:ANYBIO the individual requires significant coverage in multiple independent secondary sources. The first reference is merely a record of his birth and death and the second reference is a summary of his diplomatic career. Dan arndt (talk) 03:25, 21 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment, I wish to withdraw this nomination as sufficient secondary sources have now been provided which satisifies WP:ANYBIO. Dan arndt (talk) 04:09, 23 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep as I said when I deleted the prod, there are plenty of articles about Ambassadors where the only information in the article was about their Ambassadorship, including one of the gentlemen he replaced. So, based on your argument, you should go through every ambassador article from every country where that is the only thing discussed and then have them deleted. Should take you a while.

Besides, in my edit summary I mentioned it might be a nice thing to give an article marked with a stub more than approximately 24 hours for editors to expand the article. Since I figured you were going to be quick to nominate this for AfD, I delayed taking my medication and eating for the first time in more than 24 hours to fill in some of his career history. You have an issue with the citation? Fix it. Wiki is a collaborative effort. I’ve never cited a reference from Google Books before. If you think it can be done better, than feel free to change it to the way you would like to see it presented. Postcard Cathy (talk) 03:45, 21 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Arguing just because other similar articles exist is not sufficient grounds for retaining the article. Most of the other articles you point to have have provided significant coverage in multiple independent reliable secondary sources & the individuals are notable for reasons other than being an ambassador. I'd strongly suggest that you just focus on the article at hand. It is not my responsibility to go through every ambassador article from every country and I don't intend to do so.

Secondly, the reason I placed the PROD notice was to enable you seven days in which to improve the article. By deleting the PROD notice without making any improvements the only alternative, as per your own suggestion was to take the article to an AfD - which I have done.

Thirdly it is not my responsibility to fix the citations that you have provided. I actually tried to check the source but am unable to locate which Department of State newsletter you are relying upon. Dan arndt (talk) 04:05, 21 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Added 3 more sources. To find digital sources about a subject who was born in 1904 is not easy as it was pre internet era. I believe there are more paper sources out there besides what were added. 11:40, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
Keep - thoroughly sourced and clearly passes WP:GNG. Thank you Postcard Cathy for taking the time to improve the article. 38.142.216.106 (talk) 13:25, 22 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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