Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Henry Loucks

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The result was keep. Star Mississippi 02:23, 6 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Henry Loucks

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Biography of a politician and journalist, whose only stated claim of notability is having been a losing candidate in an election. As always, candidates don't get articles just for being candidates per se, but this makes no other strong claim of notability -- newspaper editors aren't "inherently" notable just for being newspaper editors, and writers of books aren't "inherently" notable just because their books exist, either -- and it's referenced entirely to glancing namechecks of his existence in coverage of other things, with no evidence shown of any references that are actually about him in any non-trivial way. Nothing here is "inherently" notable enough to exempt him from having to have a stronger notability claim, and better sourcing for it, than this. Bearcat (talk) 13:46, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politicians, Journalism, and United States of America. Bearcat (talk) 13:46, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Strong keep: The correct title would be "Henry L. Loucks", as that is the WP:COMMONNAME. Loucks appears to have been a major figure both in early South Dakota politics and in national US politics as the head of the Farmers' Alliance. There are literary sources that provide WP:SIGCOV, namely [1] and [2]; [3] is also a good one. Several other literary sources exist just on GBooks. While currently in poor shape, this can be a very good article if given some love. Curbon7 (talk) 19:34, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Notable since he has an entry in the American National Biographical Dictionary Piecesofuk (talk) 13:15, 30 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The subject has sources that make support for inclusion in Wikipedia. Aside from the standard media coverage. IrishOsita (talk) 03:25, 3 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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