Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Leith Moody

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) ––FormalDude (talk) 07:10, 21 October 2022 (UTC)

James Leith Moody

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The only substantial independent source is the Dictionary of Falklands Biography, which IMO is too local in scope to establish notability. It's not a good sign when his family gets as much space as his career does. Clarityfiend (talk) 13:30, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

• Keep per WP:5P1. "Wikipedia combines many features of general and specialized encyclopedias." If a specialized reference work contains a biographical entry on the subject, than we should too. Arguments that the subject is too local fails to recognize the scope of the project at large, which seeks to be inclusive of the content found in specialized encyclopedias.4meter4 (talk) 13:56, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Military, Christianity, and England. Skynxnex (talk) 15:43, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
• Keep per 4meter4. It's awful niche, but that’s ok; I've seen a 60 sq ft firehose building in a ghost town survive per policy despite its notability only extending to the residents of a desolate prairie. ~ Pbritti (talk) 19:21, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
• Keep The article is not 'niche' because its subject was the brother of the contemporaneous Richard Clement Moody, who was the first British Governor of the Falkland Islands, of which the subject was the leading clergyman at that same time of its foundation. (TrevelyanLittle)

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.