Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Stronge

John Stronge

No events of notability shown - existing and getting married does not pass WP:BIO possible redirect to Stronge Baronets. Vintagekits 13:59, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. Edison 16:45, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep or Merge I think it would be better to have all the shorter articles merged into Stronge Baronets, but the decision should be made by the group working on British peerage based on the guidelines they created on who gets automated coverage. In the USA we give auto-notability down to the level of mayor. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 17:19, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - a Baronet is not a member of the peerage and doesnt get any powers like peers did.--Vintagekits 17:40, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merge or delete Another JP, which is less than a Mayor. But why not just merge and see what happens? Septentrionalis PMAnderson 19:04, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - JP, Deputy Lieutenant, barrister and Baronet. Part of a series of articles, which it adds to.--Counter-revolutionary 22:31, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep- Deputy Lieutenants and Baronets are notable people Astrotrain 08:00, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Stronge Baronets. Non-notable person, fails WP:BIO - titles do not confer notability, JPs & DLs are low-level functionaries. The series is aristocruft, and a walled garden - Tiswas^(t) 19:36, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge into Stronge Baronets. Peterkingiron 00:04, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and redirect to Stronge Baronets. Deputy Lieutenants and JPs and barristers are two a penny. The former two were jobs handed out to baronets and their like at that time they are no idication of worth, merit or notability. Giano 11:13, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I wasn't aware Wikipedia was a meritocracy. --Counter-revolutionary 11:15, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - An interesting conflation, but nevertheless fallacious. Wikipedia articles are indeed judged on their merit, and the notability of their subject matter is often a product of their merit, but not an indicator of, nor a precursor to it. - Tiswas^(t) 11:25, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]