Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert Hastings Hunkins

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. It would've been nice to link WP:POLITICIAN when asserting that state and territorial representatives are generally considered notable. Wily D 11:42, 20 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Robert Hastings Hunkins

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Non-notable politician. Fails to establish notability. Item better suited for a genealogy site. reddogsix (talk) 18:24, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Robert Hastings Hunkins should be kept as an article. He is involved in early Wisconsin politics and is well sourced. He was also first justice for the town and town representative. - Kbabej (talk) 18:34, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: As the creator of this article, Kbabej has a conflict of interest, so it is not proper for Kbabej to be weighing in here. 71.139.148.125 (talk) 17:31, 9 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict of interest for Wikipedia's purpose means having a relationship with the subject of the article. Good faith arguments from an article's creator are invited and welcome at AfD. • Gene93k (talk) 21:43, 9 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The point was: Article creators always have a vested interest in keeping the articles they create. Thus, their opinions are not objective. 71.139.148.125 (talk) 01:42, 10 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That is irrelevant. It will be up to the closing admin to weigh keep and delete delete arguments based on policies, guidelines, and evidence of notability. It will be more productive to focus on the article's content rather than the article's author. • Gene93k (talk) 01:56, 10 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sock.

Salvio

^{Let's talk about it!} 11:35, 19 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

KEEP. This article focuses on a pioneer and first justice for Navy. Establishes notability per notability reqs. -AndyR112 (talk) 18:45, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: AndyR112 is a suspected sock-puppet of Kbabej. See AndyR112's edits. 71.139.148.125 (talk) 17:40, 9 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

AndyR112 is a different person than I am. It would be helpful for you to use your account, however. -Kbabej (talk) Kbabej (talk) 05:02, 10 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

AndyR112's third edit to Wikipedia was a posting to this page. How odd, how very odd that a new account would jump into commenting on an arcane WP page. Seven minutes after AndyR112 was identified as a suspected sockpuppet, he made a very quick series of random edits to random articles (perhaps to allay suspicion that the account served only as a sockpuppet?). How odd, how very odd. 71.139.148.125 (talk) 05:38, 10 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep In the 4th citation the Vermont Gazetteer Robert Hastings Hunkins was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives. State and territorial legislators are considered to be notable. Thank you-RFD (talk) 20:18, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I found where he's listed as a "representative" (p. 114), but it doesn't say representative to what. Perhaps it was some sort of county-level representative. How do you know it was to the Vermont House of Representatives? Can you please provide a page number and a quote that supports that interpretation? 71.139.148.125 (talk) 04:32, 10 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

71.139.148.125(talk), it would probably be more helpful if you logged into your real account. Is there a reason you want this article off Wikipedia? You seem very committed to the idea of removing it. -Kbabej(talk) 05:02, 10 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Have I expressed any opinion here or elsewhere that this article should be deleted? Did you see all the work I did on the article to improve it? Would I do that if I were committed to seeing it deleted? I'm just trying to make sure that the article meets WP standards. 71.139.148.125 (talk) 05:38, 10 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Journals of the General Assembly of the State of Vermont Vermont General Assembly, The House of Representatives, The Legislature, 1810, Legislative Journals, pg. 3, 5; on the second Thursday, October 12, 1809, the General Assembly at Montpelier convened. On page 5-Robert Hunkins of Navy, Vermont was one of the representatives from Orleans County. In 1809, the Vermont General Assembly was unicameral. It would not been until 1836 that the Vermont State Senate was created and the Vermont General Assembly became bicameral. On pg. 5 of the legislative journal Robert Hunkins was listed as one of the representatives from Orleans County. Thank you-RFD (talk) 09:49, 10 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sereno Wright was the printer-that is on the title page-thank you-RFD (talk) 10:00, 10 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Typed in at Google:Journals of the General Assembly of Vermont October 12, 1809 and the information about Hunkins serving in the legislature should come at page 3 and 5-Thank you-RFD (talk) 09:15, 11 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Vermont-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:28, 8 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Wisconsin-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:28, 8 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:28, 8 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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.