Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Middleton Joseph Blackwell

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The result was soft delete‎. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Daniel (talk) 20:18, 25 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Middleton Joseph Blackwell[edit]

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Do any of his accomplishments pass any inherently notable thresholds? I don't see that they do. The sources also seem wishy-washy to me. Uhooep (talk) 16:37, 18 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I suspect he's made it into Wikipedia because his son, Chris Blackwell, founded Island records. Blanche, the wife, appears to have had a more interesting life.[1] There is nothing in the current article to suggest that Middleton Blackwell is notable in Wikipedia's sense, and unfortunately the creator has been blocked for copyright violation, so we aren't in a position to find out what the sources said, specifically. This is a great pity, but in the absence of any other evidence, I'm leaning towards delete. Elemimele (talk) 19:05, 18 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Businesspeople, Military, Ireland, and England. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 19:13, 18 October 2023 (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.