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This article has not been sourced for three years and google does not seem to be very talkative on the subject, leaving doubts on the reality of the issue
Rinko87 (
talk) 22:20, 17 December 2015 (UTC)reply
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Daniel Brodhead IV per nom. Being the first white person to settle in a small town isn't a suitable claim of notability. The sparse sourcing doesn't pass
WP:GNG. The short content here is better represented in the son's article. Chris Troutman (
talk) 17:37, 18 December 2015 (UTC)reply
Changing to Keep I'll accept subject meets a very broad interpretation of GNG based on Mr. Norton's addition of citations. @
Johnpacklambert:, what do you think of the new material? Chris Troutman (
talk) 19:29, 30 December 2015 (UTC)reply
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Daniel Brodhead IV, being the first Euro-American to settle in a particular locality, and being a local judge, are not enough to demonstrate notability.
John Pack Lambert (
talk) 19:05, 19 December 2015 (UTC)reply
Comment -- This does not accord with the article on Stroudsburg. Furthermore being the grantee of 600 acres (about one square mile is hardly notable. Possibly limited merge to his son and to Stroudburg, perhaps adding one sentence to each.
Peterkingiron (
talk) 16:31, 20 December 2015 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,
clpo13(
talk) 08:09, 25 December 2015 (UTC)reply
Keep There is enough information to have a stand alone article since I expanded it. --
Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (
talk) 03:13, 26 December 2015 (UTC)reply
Keep with kudos to RAN for adding the material and sources that put this well past the minimum Wikipedia standards of notability.
Alansohn (
talk) 18:56, 30 December 2015 (UTC)reply
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