Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pieter Claesen Wyckoff
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This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record.
The result of the debate was - found to be a copyvio - SimonP 03:02, May 18, 2005 (UTC)
Not encyclopedic. - jredmond 14:08, 11 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Not clear to me whether this is a genealogy article, or a hoax-attempt to connect famous people. Vote: delete unless verified. --Simon Cursitor 14:27, 11 May 2005 (UTC)--Simon Cursitor 06:45, 12 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]- It's a real person. Wyckoff himself might be a questionable topic, but his house probably is encyclopedic as the oldest known house in New York.[1]. The article, however, is apparently a copyvio.[2] --iMb~Meow 15:04, 11 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- The house is mentioned at Flatlands, Brooklyn, and I have no problems leaving it there. Good eye on that possible copyvio! - jredmond 15:09, 11 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Um, he's an ancestor of mine. :) I'd have to vote a prejudiced keep if it weren't a copyvio. :) And all of the famous descendants are true. Martin Van Buren is in there, too. RickK 16:20, 11 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- He wasn't exactly Napoleon, but Pieter Claesen Wyckoff was a figure of some importance in the early history of Brooklyn. I think he probably does merit a non-copyvio article, if one is ever written.--Pharos 07:00, 12 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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