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The result was merge to Ellis Island. North America 1000 07:01, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
Arne Pettersen
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Fails WP:BIO1E and WP:GNG. Suggesting merging into the Ellis Island page. Cheers! Fake scientist 8000 21:36, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Norway, and New York. Cheers! Fake scientist 8000 21:36, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
- Merge Per nom, to Ellis Island. Potentially notable subject, but as written the sourcing is inadequate to meet notability for WP: GNG. Unreliable and not independent. A few sections are missing citation, and others have acknowledged the information comes from the firsthand account of Pettersen himself. NiklausGerard ( talk) 21:58, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
- Merge Per nom. Only known for one event. Toddst1 ( talk) 22:01, 15 April 2022 (UTC)
- Merge with Ellis Island: Suitable for merging into the Ellis Island page. Gusfriend ( talk) 00:06, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
- Delete I couldn't find enough evidence to pass WP:GNG. Delete or merge. Spmilan ( talk) 18:18, 17 April 2022 (UTC)
- Delete being the last person processed through a point that processed tens of thousands is not at all a claim to notability. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 14:20, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
- @ Johnpacklambert: Clearly, it is.
- Comment, as nom I saw an IP point to Annie Moore (immigrant) as an example of why this article should be kept. However, Annie Moore's deletion discussion (see here) had many Keep votes with good reasoning as to why we should have her article on here. She has a statue and countless dedication ceremonies supporting the fact that she moved to New York. Pettersen, however, just overstayed on his visa and got deported. He doesn't have that big of a legacy, and he lived, worked, and died in Norway. Cheers! Fake scientist 8000 16:28, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
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Fakescientist8000: perhaps because for several decades, he was misidentified as moving to New York with a friend’s help? (Honestly, a section about what was THOUGHT to have happened to him should be added).
- @ 108.45.170.249: I would have to disagree with you. That would be a clear violation of WP:CRYSTAL. Cheers! Fake scientist 8000 12:44, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
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