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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Michaelzeng7 (talk) 00:21, 16 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

John Roycroft (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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What is so special about the "information" alleged herein that makes the subject deserving to have an article on Wikipedia. The answer: nothing. None of what is alleged comes anywhere near to asserting, much less proving, any form of notability. Furthermore, the article sounds like it was written by the subject of the article himself. On top of all that, a BLP violation warning has been affixed to this article for nearly six (6) years. Delete. Thank you. OGBranniff (talk) 06:19, 9 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• KEEP Gaige, Sunnucks, Golombek, and Hooper & Whyld each consider him notable enough for paper encyclopedias. Definite keep. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 07:12, 9 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment I have added references and some inline citations to the article, done some general editing, and removed the "BLP sources" tag. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 16:50, 9 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per Bubba. Sasata (talk) 22:30, 9 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Another reckless AfD by nominator drawing time & attention from others needlessly. Ihardlythinkso (talk) 02:22, 10 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

At least it had the effect of getting us to improve the article.  :-) Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 02:30, 10 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, and, I got to learn who John Roycroft is. (Interesting man.) But I'm sure this is a misuse of process, and like Bash, will soon choose to no longer respond.) Ihardlythinkso (talk) 04:28, 10 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I had heard of his book Test Tube Chess for decades until I finally got it a year or two ago. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 05:07, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:38, 10 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep plentiful sources. In ictu oculi (talk) 09:03, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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