Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Henry Solomon

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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 keep per WP:HEY (non-admin closure. The only delete preferences expressed were PERNOM and "no citations". The subject has multiple mentions in independent reliable sources and enough of a claim for notability to make the keep preferences expressed here credible. Skomorokh 00:11, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Henry Solomon

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Chief constable of a seaside town in England not really notable enough for an encyclopedia. Gustav von Humpelschmumpel (talk) 19:54, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

  • Delete- Per nom. Non-notable constable and no citations to back him up, either. Alternatively, we could also speedily delete the article for a lack of notabilily assertion (besides being bludgeoned to death), but then I suppose since we're already at AFD, there'd not be much point. Mizu onna sango15/水女珊瑚15 20:12, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete. Non-notable.Renee (talk) 20:17, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep I believe he's notable based on the claim in the last sentence, that he was the first constable in the UK to be murdered in his own office. (Note- citations have been added since it was tagged for AfD.) JeremyMcCracken (talk) (contribs) 20:20, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep per above, sources have been added and I think notability is now asserted. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 20:21, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
    • Comment Well, I'm still not convinced that we should have collections of articles of people who were the first/only person of a certain profession ever to have done something or other of which there is very little else to say, but anyhow. Completely contradicting myself on that point ;), perhaps he was the first Jewish chief constable in Britain? Gustav von Humpelschmumpel (talk) 20:43, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep. Note that "chief constable" is a British term, equivalent to "police chief" in the United States. I don't know how large the Brighton police force was in his time. though. --Eastmain (talk) 20:46, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep - notability demonstrated by significant coverage in reliable sources, as well as being the first Jewish chief constable, and being murdered in his own police station.--BelovedFreak 21:40, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
    • Comment We are not 100% certain he was the first Jewish chief constable, that was just my theory ;) I think it probable he was though. I'm not sure where one would find a complete list of all chief constables for all the counties, boroughs, metropolitan areas etc. in England and Wales and how you could be sure who was Jewish, unless they had an an obviously Jewish name. Gustav von Humpelschmumpel (talk) 22:17, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep notably is show due to coverage in reliable news sources.  Atyndall93 | talk  09:41, 25 April 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.