Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Charles Preston

:The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was no consensus. — Jake Wartenberg 01:00, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

=[[Charles Preston]]=

:{{la|Charles Preston}} – (View AfD)(View log)

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The article was created by a user who has been blocked for the second time on grounds of repeatedly creating hoaxes, particularly with regards to historical topics. This article does not cite any sources and is thus highly suspicious given its creator's history. This AfD is therefore a precautionary measure as I myself do not have much knowledge concerning this particular topic. If somebody can dig up suitable sources, that would be great (an initial google-search does not yield much). If nobody can dig up sources in the course of this Afd it should be assumed that the article is yet another hoax. Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 04:15, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

Weak keep - as this AFD was started, I was busy stubbing the article. There are sources available for the person in question, as noted in the article now - I only pulled one and stubbed it so it can be expanded if so desired. The person in question is mentioned in quite a few sources, actually, for his defense during the Siege of Fort St. Jean. however, I'm just trying to make it sourced, I'm not attached to it or anything. Tony Fox (arf!) 04:25, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
Keep. Sources provided. Commander in notable action. Not "famous", but enough notability to keep a stub on him. --Paularblaster (talk) 11:08, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

:Looking through the author's history, the problem is not so much outright hoaxes, as a habit of putting nonsense into articles about real people of borderline notability. --Paularblaster (talk) 16:43, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. Thryduulf (talk) 15:59, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Thryduulf (talk) 15:59, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. Thryduulf (talk) 15:59, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

:I linked to this in the course of writing 26th Regiment of Foot the other day - it's a fairly trivial article, but Preston does seem to have existed roughly as described; see eg/ [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=virPl-0ZFxMC p86 here]. I am not sure he's notable, though. Shimgray | talk | 18:24, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

Keep - Of a low rank comparatively, but commanding what appears to be a major fort against a sustained siege led by a ranking American general officer would appear to be notable, especially since he has some non-trivial mentions in reliable sources. Skinny87 (talk) 07:56, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
Keep, meets minimimum General Notability Guidelines. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 03:14, 11 October 2009 (UTC)
Delete None of the references appears to be about this person, so WP:BIO isn't met. Nick-D (talk) 00:14, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

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