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 redirect‎ to E. C. Stearns & Company. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 15:00, 27 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

George N. Stearns[edit]

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Not seeing anything that would satisfy WP:BIO. Sources are woefully lacking. Clarityfiend (talk) 09:08, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Businesspeople and New York. Shellwood (talk) 10:36, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to the Stearns company article seems like a good choice. Oaktree b (talk) 11:59, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 14:25, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 14:37, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Redirect Some sympathy with the idea of a redirect, but I'd worry that the Stearns Company itself, while a fascinating footnote, is hardly notable in its own right. Meanwhile, we're left with WP:NOTMEMORIAL. Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 16:03, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Alexandermcnabb. I thought this discussion looked familiar. I just closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Avis Stearns Van Wagenen with a closure of redirecting to the company. I guess Clarityfiend was working through the Stearns relatives. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:48, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hey @Liz I changed my vote to support the redirect close - as I said, I worry about the notability of the redirect target, is all... Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 05:37, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete A redirect would make sense if there were sources for the article being redirected to, and if the information here could be added to that article, but the article on E. C. Stearns & Company is one bare paragraph, and some copies of newspapers ads that are most likely original research. The creator is permanently blocked for copyright violations, so whatever interest there was in this company and its owners is probably over. Lamona (talk) 03:15, 23 July 2023 (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.