Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Louis Sédilot

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The result was keep. -- Cirt (talk) 18:20, 7 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Louis Sédilot[edit]

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This article is about an early French colonist in Quebec which does not make any assertion of notability. I can find genealogical sites that list him [1], [2], but they do not provide any information aside from some documentation of his life. He is listed in this old book. This self-published book provides pretty much the same information as the genealogical sites. Whpq (talk) 16:21, 26 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There appears to be no good reason for retaining the article.--Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 16:28, 26 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Quebec-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:51, 29 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:13, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per Dust Delete. He Sédilot, but apparently didn't do a lot that was particularly notable. Just a well documented farmer/pioneer. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:13, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - A well documented farmer/pioneer of that vintage is, by definition, a notable farmer/pioneer. Coverage here, here (in French), and here, among others. Should be kept just on the basis of that but seeing as I've worked on other Quebec history articles I'm tempted to have a go at actively rescuing this. - DustFormsWords (talk) 03:56, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I have made a modest improvement of the article. Google Book searches for "Louis Sedilot" and "Marie Grimoult" suggest there is much additional material that could be relevant to the article, but it is either in French or not available in a full-text format. In any case "one of the first French colonists in Quebec" is an adequate claim to notability, and the significant coverage in reliable independent sources carries the article through WP:N. - DustFormsWords (talk) 04:20, 2 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as per DustFormsWords. Edward321 (talk) 03:32, 6 February 2011 (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.