Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Henry Wildman

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 of the debate was keep. – Alphax ^τεχ 15:49, 17 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Henry Wildman

This article, while well documented, does not demonstrate the notability of its subject. This is an excellent example of how verifiability does not equate to notability. JDoorjam 02:39, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. From the first sentence: "Henry Wildman was a convict transported to Western Australia in 1862, whose apparently false claims to have found gold in the Kimberley region of Western Australia prompted an exploring expedition to the area." How is that not a statement of notability? Sorry, forgot to sign before. Drew (Snottygobble) | Talk 04:23, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep. PJM 02:46, 16 January 2006 (UTC) 02:45, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Strong keep and block nominator for violation of WP:POINT. Ambi 02:54, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, and caution Ambi about WP:CIVIL. User:Zoe|^(talk) 03:09, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Ambi -- Ian ≡ talk 03:10, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Ambi. Bduke 03:27, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Apparently this person's false claim lead to the exploration of a previously-unexplored region, eventually setting a whole series of events into motion. (See La Grange expedition). Notable enough for me, Wikipedia is not paper. Crypticfirefly 03:46, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Ambi and Crypticfirefly. Sarah Ewart 04:21, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Drew and Crypticfirefly. —Quarl ^(talk) 2006-01-16 06:05Z
Keep. This one's different. enochlau (talk) 06:09, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as non-notable. If he was a major figure in the region's settlement, I would have expected to find something about him on Google, but found nothing excluding Wikipedia mirrors and irrelevant results. -- Kjkolb 12:41, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Ambi and Google is not everything. pfctdayelise 13:02, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Drew/Ambi/Crypticfirefly. - Gobeirne 19:32, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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.