Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Asa Townsend

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The result was merge to Arkona, Ontario. Although no outright consensus was reached, merging does have support and is a viable alternative to deletion. The article should be redirected to the target after merging. (non-admin closure) Bungle ^{(talk • contribs)} 08:43, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

Asa Townsend

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Poorly sourced biography of a person notable primarily as the first settler of a small village. As always, this is not an automatic notability freebie in and of itself in the absence of sufficient reliable source coverage about him to get him over WP:GNG -- but the sources here are just contextlessly listed without being used to footnote any body content, and two of the three are just local history books which certainly mention his name without being all that strongly about him, while the third is just a primary source tax assessment roll which isn't support for notability at all. Being the first resident of a small village simply is not "inherently" notable enough to exempt him from having to have considerably more sourcing than this. Bearcat (talk) 17:50, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 17:50, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ontario-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 17:50, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

• Keep. I see no reason why we should assume content on early settlers isn't notable if they have significant coverage. There's nothing to indicate that these offline sources aren't providing significant coverage. The biggest offense here is the lack of inline citations which is not a valid reason for deletion. Given that the nominator has not actually viewed/ read the materials in question, we should accept this content per WP:AGF. 4meter4 (talk) 22:55, 23 September 2021 (UTC)
• Delete. I don't see the coverage being significant, or any noteworthy achievements being present as to warrant an encyclopedic biography. While the sources can be viewed in good faith, the question of what encyclopedic material Wikipedia should have is not a question of faith. Something tangible has to be presented. Geschichte (talk) 18:26, 24 September 2021 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – filelakeshoe (t / c) 🐱 19:19, 24 September 2021 (UTC)

• Comment. If we decide not to keep this, I would suggest a merge/redirect to Arkona, Ontario over deletion.4meter4 (talk) 21:00, 24 September 2021 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 04:03, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

• Merge. Merge to Arkona, Ontario. Nfitz (talk) 01:12, 3 October 2021 (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.