Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Benjamin Harrison VI

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was keep. (Non-admin closure) --180.172.239.231 (talk) 12:57, 2 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Benjamin Harrison VI

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cannot find any references on this person. Mercurywoodrose (talk) 18:03, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Virginia-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 13:03, 26 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment. I'd say this needs comments from WP:USHIST. FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 18:12, 31 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- I dont know how to add this debate to projects. all i can do is add their template to the talk page. ill check if its there.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 19:21, 31 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:16, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep He does not gain notability just by having a notable father or by being rich, but he was a member of the Virginia state legislature, so there is some presumption of notability, i.e. that reliable sources likely exist to be a basis for an article. Google book search shows that there is enough coverage to verify his political claim to notability. The article is sorely in need of references being added, but some of the sources are only viewable as snippets, unfortunately, and there seem to be other individuals with the same name and Roman numeral. Edison (talk) 19:23, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Referencing improvements are certainly needed here, but people who served in a state legislature are always notable enough for articles under WP:NPOL (although admittedly one of the referencing improvements here is the confirmation that he actually served in the House of Delegates — I have seen a few instances where an article creator hoaxed a legislative office that the topic never actually held.) So as long as that claim can indeed be verified as accurate, keep and flag for refimprove. Bearcat (talk) 22:55, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep if his office can be sourced. The official website doesn't list former members that far back, and I haven't been able to dig up a reference. Clarityfiend (talk) 00:03, 2 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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