Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Samuel Spruill

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The result was keep. WjBscribe 02:18, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Samuel Spruill

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I am reluctant to propose persons from history for deletion, but this one just fails WP:BIO. The article consists of exactly one sentence, cites exactly one source, which contains - well, exactly this sentence about the person. Wait, there's one more. At his (Dr. Godfrey Spruill's) death the Roundabout fell to his son Samuel Spruill and then to his grandson Joseph Spruill. Should we call the article a copyright violation, or a stub without any potential to grow? -- Sent here as part of the Notability wikiproject. --B. Wolterding 17:59, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

• Comment: Would someone in this position today be considered notable? If so, this should be kept. J Milburn 18:52, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
• Delete: The issue is the WP:N of this individual, not hypothetical other individuals in the (now-nonexistent) position today. Delete per WP:N. Avruch 19:45, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. Yes, someone in this position today would be considered notable per WP:BIO, which includes among its criteria "Politicians who have held international, national or statewide/provincewide office, and members and former members of a national, state or provincial legislatures". This person was a member of the North Carolina legislature in the 1750s, when it was a colonial legislature. The fact that he lived so long ago may make it difficult to find additional sources about him, but the fact that he served in political office implies that additional sources probably exist. --Metropolitan90 19:46, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
• Keep per Metropolitan. One must be consistent - a latter-day personage in that position would be an obvious subject for an article, so a more antique personage also merits it. --Gwern (contribs) 22:14 14 September 2007 (GMT)
• Keep Notability is permanent. No reason why the article could not be expanded--there are almost always printed sources for people of this sort. If the Notability WikiProject does not recognize the basic principle that notability is permanent and the basic criteria of WP:BIO, perhaps its existence should be reconsidered. DGG (talk) 00:40, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
• Keep as per Metropolitan, DGG. Edward321 04:55, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

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.