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The result was keep. John254 13:27, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Richard Head (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

Non-notable biography. A messy article, full of nonsense and badly-written. Jmlk17 07:36, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep but do some work on it. 'Messy' and 'badly written' are not criteria for AfD. 'Full of nonsense' is subjective. The problem here is the lack of verification but I see there is an entry in the index of the Oxford Biography Index for him[1] and you're only included in that if you are notable. Keep and clean it up. --Malcolmxl5 08:27, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, The English Rogue is an important precursor of the modern novel in the vein of Moll Flanders. Needs sources, that's all. --Dhartung | Talk 09:21, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep — I just deleted the old text - rotten indeed it was - and offered a long biography which should save him. He is far too important to be omitted. Sorry for doing this so late. Also added: a portrait - which I, stangely, do not manage to scale down. --Olaf Simons 11:13, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep If he's in the DNB he should be in Wikipedia. Abberley2 12:19, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Notable English writer. Nick mallory 13:49, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Notability established and article improved. While we're here, the closing admin may want to consider semi-protection in view of the amount of vandalism this article seems to get from schoolboys amused by his unfortunate name. Iain99 15:37, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I switched the redirect (which led from Dick Head to Richard Head) to refer our infantile visitors to Dick (insult), that should have solved the problem. --Olaf Simons 13:23, 2 August 2007 (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.