Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Henry Williams

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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. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 07:17, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] William Henry Williams

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Subject falls short of WP:BIO. Running schools is not notability & no major contributions to the enduring historical record. ExtraDry 23:14, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete per nom. CRGreathouse (t | c) 17:52, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletions. —David Eppstein 07:39, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep This nomination is no more than disruptive AfD Cruft. Williams did not just run schools but was a classics professor. If he is notable enough for an article in the Australian Dictionary of Biography he is notable enough for Wikipedia. Have either of the nomnator or there supporter bothered to read the ADB reference? Archifile 05:05, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

— Archifile (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

    • Comment Most if not all of Archifile (talk • contribs) are to do with Newington College & if you have any problem with the size of the template you can discuss it on the templates talk page. ExtraDry 11:33, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

That was added by a another editor and not part of the template hence it was removed. Why dont you get back to adding SchoolCruft instead of worrying about little things.ExtraDry 12:06, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Don't be a smart arse. ExtraDry 12:24, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Definite keep "Professor of Classics and English Literature at the newly established University of Tasmania. ... Dean of the Faculty of Arts and served as a trustee of the State Library of Tasmania" That is surely enough. I have commented previously my puzzlement at the AfDs on articles about australia headmasters. Headmasters of major secondary schools are important, and are so considered in other countries with similar educational systems, and I can't see why they are less important in Australia. But in any case, he has major additional notability as well. DGG 09:53, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep per Archifile and DGG, especially the Australian Dictionary of Biography entry [1] (though further editing to remove close similarities in wording would be advantageous). Espresso Addict 10:55, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep I can't understand how there's any doubt.--Bedivere 20:58, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletions. —Euryalus 06:20, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep There is international consensus on this one: Headmasters of very notable schools are notable. This school is very notable, and so is its headmaster. This is pure AfD Cruft. Twenty Years 07:15, 9 October 2007 (UTC)


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