Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Seneca Alger

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The result was delete. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 21:55, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Seneca Alger

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~~A possible hoax, as he is not mentioned as claimed in The Wealth and Biography of the Wealthy Citizens of the City of New York.~~ My mistake. The book accessible in the external link is the 1845 edition, whereas he is supposedly in the 1855 one. However, simply being a wealthy businessman isn't sufficient to satisfy WP:BIO or WP:GNG. A search of The New York Times archives brings up a handful of trivial mentions.[1] Clarityfiend (talk) 17:30, 16 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 21:15, 16 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 21:15, 16 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as, unfortunately, there aren't even the slightest good sources about him and my hefty searches (News, Books, browser, highbeam, thefreelibrary and Newspapers Archive) found nothing good aside from one link. If possible, this can later be mentioned through another article. SwisterTwister talk 22:35, 18 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Davewild (talk) 19:43, 23 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: The article is a fact rather than an article, and a repetition of a single characterization from a "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" of centuries ago. The subject does not appear to have had any significant effect on history to generate contexts for discussion of his life, and thus he fails notability. Hithladaeus (talk) 00:06, 25 June 2015 (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.