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The result was soft delete‎. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 07:12, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Robert Holborn[edit]

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In the Gutenberg ebook A History of the Administration of the Royal Navy, he is mentioned just once, confirming that he and others "were in 1548 granted pensions on the Exchequer of fourpence a day ‘in consideration of their long and good service'". The next sentence then notes that James Baker was "the only master shipwright whose reputation outlived his generation". That's about it for Holborn; in fact, the article says very little about him specifically. Hardly enough for WP:BIO. Clarityfiend (talk) 08:40, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: History, Engineering, Transportation, and England. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 10:57, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - per lack of significant coverage. This early modern person and his family are not so old that they are mentioned in ancient sources. Bearian (talk) 14:31, 8 April 2024 (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.