Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard A. Gephardt Papers Project

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The result was KEEP info, MERGED to Richard Gephardt. (I did a "quick merge") - Nabla 01:57, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Richard A. Gephardt Papers Project (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

Article about the personal papers project of Richard Gephardt. Notability is not transferable--while the papers' subject is notable, the project isn't. Blueboy96 20:05, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge Project is worth a paragraph in the Congressman's article, certainly. "Legacies" of famous persons are frequently mentioned at the end of their biographies. Xoloz 20:12, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge though a paragraph might be a bit much. State and university libraries often act as repositories of the papers of prominent individuals and many times these are grant-funded, so there is nothing particularly notable about this project. --Dhartung | Talk 20:49, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it is very common from one POV of view (there are many archives of famous folks), and very uncommon from another (it seems to be the only one for Dick!) -- hence, the merge to him, as his admirers (and detractors) are likely to find it a unique resource. Xoloz 21:07, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge per Xoloz and Dhartung. As a general observation, biographical articles about public figures who have significant collections of papers available for research should mention this fact, if possible with a link to the finding aid for the collection, which is often available online. Newyorkbrad 00:03, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment Exactly, this is similar to a source/topic confusion, where an editor believes that because something fulfills the WP:RS criteria it is WP:N. --Dhartung | Talk 05:30, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Slight merge to Dick Gephardt per all merge recommendations above. --Metropolitan90 06:59, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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