Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ellwood Walter (businessman)

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The result was keep. Tone 20:41, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ellwood Walter (businessman)[edit]

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Does not meet notability guidelines for people. The primary sources are matter of ordinary business transactions that were put in newspaper in the local area before the advent electronic records and the internet and do not contribute towards notability. Graywalls (talk) 21:11, 12 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Graywalls (talk) 21:11, 12 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. Graywalls (talk) 21:11, 12 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Pennsylvania-related deletion discussions. Graywalls (talk) 21:11, 12 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the Article Rescue Squadron's list of content for rescue consideration. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 17:22, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Ellwood Walter was President of the Mercantile Mutual Insurance Company in New York for 28 years. There is significant coverage in reliable, independent, secondary sources that supports WP:BASIC and WP:GNG requirments. The New York pilot boat Ellwood Walter, No. 7 was named after him. He was a trustee for the Nautical School for the harbor of New York to educate boys in seamanship and navigation. He was Vice-President of the New York Seamen’s Association. He was awarded a silver medal and money by the American Benevolent Life Saving Society of New York. --Greg Henderson (talk) 22:49, 12 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

comment Please disclose, if any, conflict of interest you may have with the subject. The disclosure on your page is unclear as to which articles you have a conflict of interest with. Graywalls (talk) 19:41, 16 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Added I have no conflict of interest with Ellwood Walter. BTW, the disclosure only displays 9 items.---Greg Henderson (talk) 17:39, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Decent amount of hits at Newspapers.com. ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs)}~ 18:14, 14 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

comment I'm not convinced. WP:UNCHALLENGED essay in Google Test section suggests you shouldn't use this argument. Mention matches on text isn't a useful indication of notability without substantial context. Graywalls (talk) 12:45, 16 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, DMySon 06:21, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Notable. Meets WP:GNG. WP:Not paper WP:Preserve. Ellwood Walter was President of the Mercantile Mutual Insurance Company in New York for 28 years. There is significant coverage in reliable, independent, secondary sources that supports WP:BASIC and WP:GNG requirments. The New York pilot boat Ellwood Walter, No. 7 was named after him. He was a trustee for the Nautical School for the harbor of New York to educate boys in seamanship and navigation. He was Vice-President of the New York Seamen’s Association. He was awarded a silver medal and money by the American Benevolent Life Saving Society of New York. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 17:11, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Ellwood Walter was President of the Mercantile Mutual Insurance Company". Is that supposed to mean something? That company doesn't have much written about and primary source government docs which are plentiful under Google Books don't count. What about being the president of this company make the guy notable? Graywalls (talk) 02:06, 21 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I am adding newspaper articles to the article, there are many I added a Wisconsin newspaper (1862), and his obituary from the Philadelphia Inquirer (1877). Notable businessman who passes WP:N I will continue. Lightburst (talk) 22:12, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
keep coverage in multiple reliable sources indicates WP:BASIC is met.PainProf (talk) 13:42, 26 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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