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The result was speedy keep. Nomination withdrawn - and while there is one delete !vote in the AfD it was the first participant who did not have the benefit of later keep rationales so I am going to be bold and close it as WP:SNOW. (non-admin closure) Bruxton (talk) 01:54, 10 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Tom Cole (farmer) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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Person of unclear notability. It seems he was the manager (owner?) of a dairy operation, but unsure this role confers notability. Natg 19 (talk) 00:36, 4 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People and Australia. Natg 19 (talk) 00:36, 4 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Just being a farmer isn't notable, not sure why he's earned a biographical listing in the encyclopedia thing, I don't find any other sourcing for him. Oaktree b (talk) 01:28, 4 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep The criterion for notability isn't one's subjective opinion about what field or career someone was in, but whether there exists significant coverage in reliable sources. The entry in Australian Dictionary of of Biography, together with the 15 sources it cites, demonstrates that significant coverage in reliable sources exists for this person. Jfire (talk) 01:56, 4 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  To be fair, it shows up as one entry/reference here. I'm not aware of how many sources it references in the original encyclopedia. Oaktree b (talk) 13:46, 4 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep Per the third criterion of WP:ANYBIO. Pastoralists and farmers were influential settlers in the early days of Australia (and were often politicians) and make up a large number of early ADB entries. — VORTEX³⁴²⁷ (Talk!) 03:51, 4 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep as there are clear reliable sources as indicated above. --Bduke (talk) 06:15, 4 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per Jfire, Vortex3427 and Bduke. Deus et lex (talk) 10:54, 4 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Not enough coverage in reliable sources to meet GNG. Splunction (talk) 16:17, 4 January 2023 (UTC) Blocked sock. MER-C 04:14, 9 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Passes ANYBIO #3. Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 20:18, 4 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Leaning keep. I'm not a huge fan of ANYBIO #3 cases, but it is apparent that some other sources can be found, and I have added a few notes from contemporaneous editions of The Sydney Morning Herald. BD2412 T 01:53, 5 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Notable as he has an entry in a Dictionary of National Biography. Also his death was widely reported in Australia Piecesofuk (talk) 17:07, 5 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per WP:HEY. I've now added several RS from newspapers-- Cole was clearly a notable personality in the development of the Australian dairy farming industry, for example "famed through out the world as studmaster at Darbalara and breeder of the world's champion butter producing cow". Cabrils (talk) 23:48, 6 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment I'm willing to withdraw, but there have been 2 deletes, so I guess this needs to wait the full 7 days. Natg 19 (talk) 00:43, 7 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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