Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Henry Darwin

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The result was keep. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:26, 7 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Henry Darwin[edit]

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Minor British foreign-service bureaucrat who fails WP:DIPLOMAT, which states that notability in this area applies only to diplomats who have "participated in a significant way in events of particular diplomatic importance that have been written about in reliable secondary sources." The article does not even assert that much. It is nothing more than a grab bag resume of various bureaucratic posts, with no evidence whatsoever that he was ever involved in a significant way in any of the major international events of his time. Qworty (talk) 18:54, 30 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Material added to establish participation in UNCLOS III and the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, passing WP:DIPLOMAT. Sergeant Cribb (talk) 20:44, 30 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment in any event, merge-and-redirect to Darwin–Wedgwood family seems more appropriate than deletion. Sergeant Cribb (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 20:46, 30 May 2011 (UTC).[reply]
Comment. It's hard to gauge from the sourcing provided what precisely was his role in UNCLOS III or the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, so, regretfully, I can't see how notability has been established. There must have been hundreds of individuals involved in one way or another with both of these, and of course not all of them would be notable. Qworty (talk) 20:53, 30 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The source makes it clear that he was one of the three people who drafted the treaty. Notable enough I would say. Sergeant Cribb (talk) 21:16, 30 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep Seems to have received some coverage. May not meet WP:DIPLOMAT but seems to meet WP:GNG ╟─Treasury Tag►constablewick─╢ 21:43, 30 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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