Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Lowry Gourlay

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The result was keep. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:58, 8 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

John Lowry Gourlay[edit]

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Article fails WP:BIO. No indication of notability within the article despite significant research undertaken - only involved with insignificant local issues. Quick search online revealed no indication of notability or significance. 59abcd (talk) 23:00, 1 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Changed vote based on new sources found Deathlibrarian (talk) 03:08, 6 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Christianity, Ireland, and Canada. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 19:10, 2 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
350 library holdings as shown here is significant for works of this age. Leaning Keep, Atlantic306 (talk) 21:16, 3 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
At most Weak keep -- Atlantic306's reference is to a single book of local history and reminiscences. There seem to be multiple editions and it is held by a lot of libraries. However, his significance is as the founding pastor of the church at Bells Corner, which is the subject of another AFD. Peterkingiron (talk) 14:22, 4 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This book describes his ministry in some detail, and there are several in depth obituaries to be found on Newspapers.com (including this one). 𝕱𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖎𝖆 (talk) 16:24, 5 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Meets WP:GNG Bruxton (talk) 15:58, 8 September 2022 (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.