Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Major Phillip Hemphill

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The result was redirect to Rome, Georgia#City founding period. Wifione _.......^{Leave a message} 18:19, 21 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Major Phillip Hemphill[edit]

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Non-notable - probably copy-pasted from another website Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 15:36, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: You reckon there's another site somewhere that says "He is one of four military men who stood at the intersection of the Oostanaula and Etowah Rivers."? :-) -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 15:39, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps not, but I am still at a loss to understand from the article what his claim to fame was. Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 15:41, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I can't really understand it either - I'll come back to it when my head is clearer and see if I can make any sense of it -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 15:48, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Being one of several people involved in the founding of a town does not typically make someone notable. Edward321 (talk) 05:16, 15 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Georgia (U.S. state)-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 16:21, 15 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 16:21, 15 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - being one of several people to found a town seems to be rather notable to me. He is acknowledged in books and local newspaper articles. [1], [2], [3], [4] and is part of the historical record of Rome, Georgia. I suspect much more sourcing is available in printed form that we cannot access from the internet. -- Whpq (talk) 17:13, 20 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Rome, Georgia, specifically Rome, Georgia#City founding period where the subject is already mentioned. I'm OK with relevant details being noted there. Populated places have de facto notabilty; the founders of populated places do not. The references noted above do not discuss the subject in depth. Location (talk) 18:05, 20 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- comment - I have no objection to a redirect to the section of the Rome article, where further soruced information could be added. -- Whpq (talk) 18:17, 20 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect. I agree with Location - I think there's enough notability for a mention in Rome, Georgia, which is already there, but I don't see notability outside of that one context or sufficient for a standalone article. The current article is not really up to encyclopedic standard, but maybe there's something in it that could be salvaged and usefully added to Rome, Georgia#City founding period? -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 18:43, 20 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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