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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) –Davey2010^Talk 03:04, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

John Drysdale (moderator)[edit]

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Listings from post office directories, biographical indices, and evidence of connections to other possibly notable people do not qualify this person as independently notable. Article needs to show evidence of this person being the subject of multiple, reliable, independent, SIGNIFICANT instances of coverage in reliable sources to meet Wikipedia's notability requirements. KDS4444^Talk 14:06, 15 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 14:50, 15 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 14:50, 15 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Scotland-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 14:50, 15 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Bio here[1], Encyclopedia entry here[2], another longer substantial encyclopedia article here (which includes discussion of his theological views), [3], an entry in the "Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen"[4], etc. It is also to be noted that his book of sermons, which was posthumously published includes a biography.[5], --Jahaza (talk) 15:12, 15 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I think Jahaza has adequately established that the article subject would meet the 2nd criterion of WP:ANYBIO. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:18, 15 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy keep per DNB entry, etc. But I would also say that the Moderator of the CoS is inherently notable, and equivalent to a bishop. St Anselm (talk) 20:53, 15 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@StAnselm:, I'm inclined to think so too, but it's perhaps not crucial to make that connection. With bishops you're possibly in a situation in which there are almost certainly sources, but they may be difficult to access or in a foreign language. This is less likely to be so with the moderator of the Church of S, since it's an Anglophone country and a more recently established position.--Jahaza (talk) 21:45, 15 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and Dean of the Chapel Royal for over twenty years. Plus an entry in the Dictionary of National Biography. Obvious keep. We always keep everyone with an entry in the DNB for starters. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:08, 16 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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