Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Solomon Hancock

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The result was delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:05, 16 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Solomon Hancock[edit]

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Not at all clear why he is notable, indeed no claim is made, seems only to have any significance at all to the LDS Church. Fails WP:BIO. Paste _{Let’s have a chat.} 22:45, 8 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete as non-notable. Even within the Latter Day Saint movement, he is not particularly notable. Having been mentioned in the Doctrine and Covenants or being an associate of Joseph Smith, Jr. doesn't make a person notable, I'm afraid. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 23:32, 8 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
From article talk page: This comment was posted on the article talk page by an IP address; I suspect it may be from the article creator: "I believe that this individual is important enough for LDS history to be included in Wikipedia. I am positive that some of the more notable parts of his life have been left out and would be glad to expand if someone could offer some insight on why he does not belong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.169.136.43 (talk • contribs) ". Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 20:52, 9 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. It would be helpful if thoose calling for deletion could explain how the 300 or so books found by the spoon-fed Google Books search linked in the nomination, many of which appear to be about this Solomon Hancock, are not enough to confer notability. Phil Bridger (talk) 21:57, 11 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment. From what I can tell, most of those are either (1) direct quotes from the section of the Doctrine and Covenants that mentions him, (2) simple explanations of genealogical lines (for which Mormons are well known), (3) brief mentions in passing, or (4) the wrong Solomon Hancock. There is no subject-dedicated biography of this person that I can find; not even in article form. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 06:33, 12 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Non-notable. He wrote a song, but the song does not appear to be notable per a Google search. The rest of the article is genealogical in nature and the references are not to Reliable Sources. --MelanieN (talk) 15:13, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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