Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Balser Skirvin

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The result was keep. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:27, 4 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

William Balser Skirvin

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lacks notability and coverage Alan - talk 00:18, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment If sourcing for this appears weak (Did you LOOK in google books search?), try "Bill Skirvin". AfD is NOT intended to be an article improvement process. riffic (talk) 04:10, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Skirvin was a major figure in Oklahoma City history. Here is his 1944 obituary from The Chronicles of Oklahoma.[1] --Arxiloxos (talk) 16:57, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Oklahoma-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 22:30, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 22:30, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. This is the second of the nominator's series of AfDs on articles created by one editor. This one also is for an article with a notable topic. There's both SNOW here and cause for a speedy close--a look at the other AfDs will determine how much good faith the nominator is entitled to. Drmies (talk) 04:01, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Strong KeepSkirvin is notable person any one who reads the page gets that.--SteamIron 05:28, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and close Nominator appears to have a misunderstanding of WP:DEL#REASON, WP:GNG and WP:NTEMP. Even a cursory WP:BEFORE finds the coverage and notability the nominator claims does not exist of this man's historic import to American history. WP:BIO is met, and historical notability is quite fine with Wikipedia. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 22:25, 1 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - connected with many important figures and moments in American history. Bearian (talk) 20:27, 3 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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