Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William C. White

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The result was no consensus. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 10:47, 11 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

William C. White[edit]

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This biography appears to have an extremely sketchy basis for its notability, which appears to be primarily derived from the fact that the subject's mother is a notable entry as the founder of a church. Most of the sources attributed to this article merely affirm that the individual was indeed born, with little further information - certainly nothing justifying this rather expansive biographical entry. The sourcing, overall, seems extremely poor. Iskandar323 (talk) 15:10, 15 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment @78.26: Question is this person notable? Catfurball (talk) 15:46, 15 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions. Curbon7 (talk) 17:39, 15 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment - as I have, elsewhere, been accused of having a COI, I shall not !vote. However, as I have some expertise in the topic area and there's been minimal participation I should present some sources I know about, [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]. Unfortunately I don't have access at the moment to newspapers.com, it has been renewed but it's a significant obstacle to research at the moment. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 19:35, 22 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 00:19, 23 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Ellen G. White. I looked at the article, those five extra sources above, and had a look at newspapers.com. All of it only goes to confirm that any glory enjoyed by William C. White was reflected by his mother. Not independently notable. --Lockley (talk) 01:35, 23 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as there is reliable sources books coverage as shown above including an academic paper solely about him as well as reliable books coverage, so passing WP:GNG imv Atlantic306 (talk) 01:32, 24 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Extraordinary Writ (talk) 22:23, 3 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

~~Keep Meets WP:GNG. It adds Infomation to the religion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rrmmll22 (talk • contribs) 02:55, 4 November 2021 (UTC)~~ sock strike Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 14:42, 9 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep The sources produced by 78.26 demonstrate WP:SIGCOV. The book by Moon (1993) is particularly important: Was Ellen G. White manipulated by her son? An Adventist author explores the life of W.C. White to discover whether he dominated his mother's later years. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 14:58, 9 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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