Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Simon Henshaw

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Captain Galaxy (talk) 15:12, 17 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Simon Henshaw

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Guinea is about as non-notable as a diplomatic posting can get. More importantly, the article is built on primary sources. Geschichte (talk) 13:15, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment there's little agreement about the notability of diplomats (see 2015 discussion and Wikipedia:Diplomatic notability; AFDCO advises that Ambassadors are not considered inherently notable). We have quite a few ambassadors to Guinea, and at least several who haven't done more than be an ambassador. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 14:37, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. Pi (Talk to me!) 18:15, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

* Keep - If he should be deleted then why have this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_the_United_States_to_Guinea ? --Elg26 (talk) 13:07, 11 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Why is Guinea less a posting than any other? I think that comment is extremley depricating and it is a nation state. Mr. Henshaw also had several high positions in the Department of State. This page should be kept.Williamsdoritios (talk) 14:14, 11 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and Comment Per WP:NPOL which states "The following are presumed to be notable:" including Sub-cabinet officials (assistant secretary, commissioner, etc.) are usually considered notable, especially if they have had otherwise notable careers which he had while being a member of the U.S. Foreign Service and within the State Department, of which both aspects are noted in the article as well. Snickers2686 (talk) 14:49, 11 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per User Elg26 ad User Snickers2686; Ambassadors considered to be notable-Thank You-RFD (talk) 15:27, 11 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep since Henshaw was a career Foreign Service Officer and Senate-confirmed Ambassador at the time of his June, 2020 death.--TommyBoy (talk) 01:10, 12 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I fail to realize how "Guinea is about as non-notable as a diplomatic posting can get." Geschichte, what makes Guinea less notable than any other nation? PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 19:07, 12 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep disregarding automatic notability, he passes GNG, as can be seen here:[1] and here:[2]. Presumptions of unimportance in this posting are biased, I imagine this was considered important in Guinea for one thing. Devonian Wombat (talk) 23:28, 12 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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