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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Otuọcha ( talk) 04:14, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
Alfred Cowles Jr.
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Not seeing anything here that satisfies WP:BIO. Sourcing is really inadequate. Clarityfiend ( talk) 23:23, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Businesspeople, Journalism, Law, Connecticut, and Illinois. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 00:18, 8 March 2024 (UTC)
- Keep Satisfies GNG. He has obituaries in the New York Times [1] and Buildings and Building Management [2]. There is also other coverage in Google Books, Google Scholar and The Economist. James500 ( talk) 09:49, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
- Keep as he is notable in the Wikipedia sense, even if his life wasn't as "exciting" as his father's, or his legacy as significant as Alfred Cowles III. Added a few more citations and will add a few more I found later. If I were a journalist or historian or family biographer, I would ask more questions about the Yale crew years (also post-graduation) and the years after his father died at the Tribune Company...but not all of that belongs on Wikipedia. Cielquiparle ( talk) 14:43, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
- Withdraw nomination. The Tribune articles are hardly unbiased, but it's hard to argue with a New York Times obituary. Clarityfiend ( talk) 18:40, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
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