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Comment: It shouldn't be prodded because of the above comment, naturally. However, in order for this to get much of an outcome, someone other than the nominator should address why it does or does not meet deletion policy.
--Falcon Darkstar Kirtaran (
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08:27, 26 August 2008 (UTC)reply
I meant why not prod instead of bringing an AfD in the first place. This article does not meet notability criteria, currently.
Verbalchat08:31, 26 August 2008 (UTC)reply
Delete Small historic centers such as this can be valuable stubs, but this one doesn't appear to be potentially such; therefore, it appears to lack notability.
Nyttend (
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13:09, 26 August 2008 (UTC)reply
Keep I've added a number of refs which had substantial coverage of the society from newspapers accessible via subscription at Newspaperarchive.com. There are numerous book references via Google Book search which are not viewable online, but which suggest
[1] that additional material can be found to expand the article. Local historical societies which have historical document collection, art collections, a long documented history of their own activities, and which maintain buildings of literary importance such as the Stone Academy was to
Elizabeth Robins are by no means "inherently nonnotable."
Edison2 (
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18:32, 26 August 2008 (UTC)reply
Note: The page has now changed considerably, especially by incorporating new sources for notability
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