Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Walter Percy Gardiner

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The result was delete. Cirt (talk) 08:43, 28 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Walter Percy Gardiner[edit]

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Non-notable person whose sole claim to fame seems to be that he's the maternal grandfather of the King of Jordan; however, notability is not transferrable. RGTraynor 02:20, 21 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - This article is not suitable for an encyclopedia, but for a genealogy book. --MelanieN (talk) 03:13, 21 November 2009 (UTC)MelanieN[reply]

Comment. Perhaps he did something notable to win his Military Cross. [This search] says that he was working as an " engineering adviser to the Jordan Army." at the time of his daughter's wedding. – Eastmain (talk) 03:14, 21 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Reply: Since over ten thousand soldiers received the award in WWII (presumably where he'd have received it), it's not likely, but either way the issue's sheer speculation with no place in an AfD discussion. Either there's solid evidence that Gardiner passes the notability thresholds for WP:N - in which case it should be presented - or there isn't, in which case the point is moot. RGTraynor 07:54, 21 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. He might have a claim to notability, but a detailed family tree isn't it. Chris Neville-Smith (talk) 11:03, 21 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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