Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/The lamps


 * 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: delete. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 04:47, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

The lamps
This is an article created by a new user to host a single quote. It's not exactly a single-quote article, because the title isn't the quote itself. But it doesn't seem like a reasonable theme article, either. If it were sourced, or even if the quotee had a Wikipedia article, it might be worth moving to Edward Grey, 2nd Baronet Grey. But lacking any of this notability evidence or source info, it's hard to see how to keep this as an article. I'm not even sure where we might move the quote itself. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 09:04, 24 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Vote closed. Result: delete (6 deletes; no dissent). ~ Jeff Q (talk) 04:47, 1 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete unless we can get something that would make it a reasonable article of some kind. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 09:04, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. It's either a single-quote article or a theme article on a barren theme: deletable either way.  I think Grey is amply notable, being one of the leading British statesmen of his time, but his baronetcy is given incorrectly here, thereby ensuring that any search for him would draw a blank.  I've created a page for him as Sir Edward Grey. Antiquary 12:45, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that clarification. I spent some time looking for the 2nd Baronet, assuming the lack of a WP article meant he wasn't as notable as his predecessor and successors and therefore not likely very quotable. I didn't consider that the editor may have gotten the wrong number, and that the quote belonged to the most notable Edward Grey. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 21:01, 24 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete. The quote already appears in World War I. --Ubiquity 00:24, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. ~ UDScott 14:19, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete based on Antiquary's page creation under corrected name. - InvisibleSun 07:28, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. —LrdChaos (talk) 14:36, 27 December 2006 (UTC)


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