Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arthur Frederick Broadbridge

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fails WP:BIO and WP:DIPLOMAT. almost all the coverage about him is 1 line mentions merely confirming his role. LibStar (talk) 01:55, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

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• Strong keep. 1 line mentions? The very first GHit is his [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/facts-and-arguments/arthur-frederick-broadbridge/article4212332/ obituary] published in the Globe and Mail. Author of at least two books, one of which is included in [http://books.google.com/books?id=XIqasapzMP8C&pg=PA730 Peel's Bibliography of the Canadian Prairies to 1953]. He was not just High Commissioner to Malawi: he was in fact the [http://books.google.com/books?id=oQksAQAAIAAJ first Canadian HC to Malawi]. He was included in the [http://books.google.com/books?id=T2ZmAAAAMAAJ 1979 Canadian Who's Who]. There's plenty of news coverage which far exceeds the "1 line mentions" described by the nominator.[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LDlgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=928NAAAAIBAJ&pg=2233,2497927][http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Fzc_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=u1EMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3919,1683091][http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/doc/178585138.html][http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/doc/178132795.html][http://www.northumberlandtoday.com/2009/04/02/arthur-broadbridge-wrote-history-of-st-peters-church]. His papers are ensconced in the [http://sain.scaa.sk.ca/collections/index.php/arthur-f-broadbridge-fonds;rad archives of the province of Saskatchewan]. Pburka (talk) 23:52, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

:: could you please add into the article and then I will withdraw this AfD. thanks. LibStar (talk) 02:13, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

• Snow Keep per WP:BEFORE failure. Notability is dependent upon sources being available, and not upon their not being used in an article. While the article is in poor shape, needing work is not a valid reason to delete a notable topic. Cavarrone 05:32, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

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