Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frederic H Dustin

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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 delete. No arguments were made by the keep comments that addressed the notability concerns, when we disregard the SPA. seresin | wasn't he just...? 07:49, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Frederic H Dustin

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Claims to be the founder of a park in South Korea and to be the longest-lived foreign expatriate in Korea. However, searches on Yahoo turn up very little on him or on the park. Blueboy96 04:23, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

  • Speedy Delete per A7. Wisdom89 (T / C) 05:11, 8 March 2008 (UTC) Changing to weak keep in light of the references added/and the awards. Wisdom89 (T / C) 17:53, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
The article was actually up for an A7 speedy, but I turned it down since it did assert notability. I would think, however, that the longest-lived foreign expatriate in Korea would get more coverage (37 Yahoo hits). Blueboy96 05:14, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
Yeah really - my searching turns up nothing. Could have proded it, but likely the IP would have removed that too. Wisdom89 (T / C) 05:18, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
Also, I think the article was up for A3 too, which was weird. Wisdom89 (T / C) 05:19, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
There is this, but this article is certainly going to need some work if it is to survive. --UberScienceNerd Talk Contributions 05:23, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete, no real indication of personal notability, although the Jeju Maze seems to turn up in enough travel guides to be worth an article. --Dhartung | Talk 06:07, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep I think we have an example of [[this]]. Just because there won't be a ton of information found in English about a man who's accomplishments and life have been centred around South Korea does not mean that that person isn't important and notable in Korea. I added info and was going to bed but thought I'd better vote here just in case. I will add more when I can.--72.1.222.140 (talk) 06:13, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete - utterly non-notable. —TreasuryTag talk contribs 08:02, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep The man is utterly notable. He has many accomplishments to his name, including having been invited to the Blue House (South Korea's White House) as a representative of the foreign community of Jeju Island. His philanthropic work alone is worth noting. I started this page this morning but due to time limitations wasn't able to add much more than a few brief sentences. The idea is to continue adding to it as I get time, as well as invite those who have known him to contribute. Give it some time, and you'll see why Frederic H Dustin is most certainly worthy of a Wikipedia page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jejujejujeju (talk • contribs) 08:44, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep.--andreasegde (talk) 13:17, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Weak keep I am on the fence about this - I feel the article needs a major re-write to address notability conerns; but receiving the list of awards received, notably from the Minister of Tourism (I am not aware of this is an official government entity in Korea) is enough to keep the article alive for now. Ozgod (talk) 15:55, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment Let's see some verification for this--I'm willing to withdraw the nomination if it can be verified. Blueboy96 19:02, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. —David Eppstein (talk) 23:05, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Weak delete - if there are no more independent, reliable sources that focus on this man (in English or Korean), then it should be deleted. I'm wondering, does he have a Korean language Wikipedia entry? BWH76 (talk) 11:03, 14 March 2008 (UTC)


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.