The result was delete. Although multiple sources are provided, they are mostly obituaries of a trivial nature. He seems to have been well known is his local community but not generally notable. No prejudice against recreation if better, more substantive sources can be found. Beeblebrox ( talk) 02:36, 26 January 2011 (UTC) reply
Declined A7 speedy. The speedy tag was contested by the creator on the grounds that the subject is expected to pass away shortly and his death is sure to be "covered by newspapers all across the US." But that hasn't happened yet. In my opinion, this does not qualify for speedy deletion, however I am unable to find non-trivial sources about this man in GNews archives. Delete. Blanchardb - Me• MyEars• MyMouth- timed 16:47, 11 January 2011 (UTC) reply
Re: "Multiple publications from the same author or organization are usually regarded as a single source for the purposes of establishing notability." - While the Birmingham News is one organization, it is a major newspaper with a circulation of 300,000. Furthermore, I have provided references where he has was inducted into the Alabama Hall of Fame, had a ship named after him (WH Blount), a charity named after him, Blount - Bowden Charity Classic, and referenced a Vulcan Materials Annual, the largest US producer of construction aggregates, which wrote" he had a significant impact on the company." In total 5 major references for notability.
While I did reference his obituary, [ http://obits.al.com/obituaries/birmingham/obituary.aspx?n=william-blount-houston&pid=147764052, it was just to help add detail to his accomplishments as it was very thorough, not to establish notability. I added this Birmingham News article from the editors of the paper to help verify notability - http://blog.al.com/birmingham-news-commentary/2011/01/our_view_virginia_samford_dono.html Again while from the same source, Birmingham News, it's a major news paper and decided on their own to write two articles re Mr. Blount's passing. I also have referenced the NY Times re him continuing as Chairman of Vulcan - http://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/05/business/business-people-president-named-head-of-vulcan-materials.html?ref=vulcanmaterialscompany ( Houstonbking ( talk) 16:10, 18 January 2011 (UTC)) reply
I have added a reference from the NY Times and Washington Post.
He was also covered in this radio program - http://www.wbhm.org/News/2011/archibald.html - 1.13.2011 edition.
Please understand a substantial amount of coverage on his life was in the 70's and 80's which is not online. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Houstonbking ( talk • contribs) 04:13, 19 January 2011 (UTC) ( Houstonbking ( talk) 14:08, 19 January 2011 (UTC)) reply
I have added two additional references. One from the radio station, WBHM, http://www.wbhm.org/News/2011/archibald.html - 1.13.2011 edition and one from the magazine, Pit And Quarry - http://www.pitandquarry.com/aggregate-producers/vulcan-materials/news/former-vulcan-materials-ceo-remembered-2326 In addition, I am not clear if you are factoring into your perspective that a major tanker, WH Blount, and a charity, Blount-Bowden were named after him. I would think both those items make a strong case for notability.
Houstonbking ( talk) 15:42, 24 January 2011 (UTC) reply