Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Daniel Barkey

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. Ron Ritzman (talk) 23:42, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Daniel Barkey

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Appears to be non-notable. There are two citations currently on the article. The first is to a user generated geneology site (ancestry.ca) which is not a reliable source. The second is to a passing mention in a book, not enough to establish notability. I have been able to turn up several more hits on other user generated content geneology sites, which do not appear to be reliable sources. Barring any significant reliable source coverage, it appears the subject is not notable. I am happy to withdraw the nomination should reliable source coverage be introduced by someone with better luck turning it up. ConcernedVancouverite (talk) 20:56, 29 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. My searching also turned up nothing. The only other potential reliable source I found was what appears to be a one line mention in "The Mennonite encyclopedia: a comprehensive reference work on the Anabaptist-Mennonite movement, Volume 1" but all I can see is the snippet provided by Google books (see here). Nevertheless, these brief listing are hardly enough to meet notability requirements. France3470 (talk) 22:58, 30 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, MacMed^talk _stalk 21:32, 5 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've tried to clean up the article a little (make it feel less like a family tree book) and to clarify the references. The Barkey family is clearly a "prominent" Altona family (as noted by Altona historian Joe Nighswander), but not of the stature of Abraham Stouffer. I'm open to either keeping the article or deletion.

Delete Nice try, but there is no notability here. He lived, he raised a family, he led a local church, that's about it. Google Books finds only passing mentions. --MelanieN (talk) 03:06, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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