Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/William Lyon Phelps


 * 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: '''keep. --Saroj Uprety (talk) 11:49, 15 April 2023 (UTC)'''.

William Lyon Phelps
See comment below. — Markjoseph125 (talk) 15:02, 19 March 2023 (UTC)

Vote closes: 16:00, 26 March 2023 (UTC). Markjoseph125 (talk) 15:02, 19 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete (as nominator). Markjoseph125 (talk) 15:11, 19 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment: I'm putting this out for the consideration of the community, and will go along with the consensus. I've run across a small number of these pages, which have only one quote, and seem very unlikely to ever have any others, as the subject is obscure, and the page hasn't had any activity in quite some time (this particular page, close to two years). The quote is good, so I've taken the trouble to transfer it to the appropriate subject page (in this case, English People), and am suggesting that the person's Wikiquote page be deleted. It seems to me that this type of single-quote page is "clutter," and that the quote is much more likely to be found on the subject page than on that of such an obscure personage. What thinks "the wisdom of crowds"? Markjoseph125 (talk) 15:11, 19 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep: I see multiple problems with what has happened here. Wikipedia (& Wikiquote) is a work in progress. Reading Phelps certainly yield some excellent fodder, such as: "When we remember that English is not a perfect language, for as a means of expression it is inferior to both Russian and Polish, it is marvellous to consider what that group of Elizabethan scholars did With it." Before I was blocked on the English Wikipedia I used to take some pleasure in often demolishing claims "I searched and couldn't find anything"; often because people did n't check out books or don't really know how to used predicates and alternate searches for really effective googling. In this case checking  reveals there is a quotes section there with two quotes, albeit one has a dead-link and even if I was not indef blocked there the source URL seems not to have been archived.  I am also disturbed about the unattributed copy of the quote.  Technically I am unsure if it represents a copyvio but it this VfD and associated actions if ending in delete would erase the article Wikiquote attribute contributions on this subject with attribution transferring towards the nominator of this VfD. The suggested target article would unlikely be able to hold all the quotes that are candidates for being placed there. -- DeirgeDeltac 21:56, 19 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep - while I understand the fear that this page will never grow very large, the quote is properly sourced and the person appears to meet notability requirements. I see no reason for deletion. ~ UDScott (talk) 00:28, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep. No one is forced to visit the page, wikiquote is not written on paper, and it is not certain that the page cannot grow larger. --ᘙ (talk) 12:07, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.