The result was delete. JohnCD ( talk) 18:03, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
Biography of an architect/surveyor based entirely on WP:OR. There's no proof he designed anything of particular importance. One of his teenage apprentices later went on to become a well known engineer, but Staveley doesn't seem to have played any part in Hawkesley's success. I've searched the online newspaper archive on Findmypast (where the Leicester and Nottingham newspapers are well-represented) and can find nothing of substance, other than mentions of Staveley in insolvency proceedings, a brief mention of the death of his brother (another architect) and a 9-word mention of Staveley's own death, age 70 in April 1837. It doesn't amount to much! Overall I think this sort of research should be left to local history websites, not Wikipedia. Sionk ( talk) 23:23, 22 June 2015 (UTC)
The result was delete. JohnCD ( talk) 18:03, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
Biography of an architect/surveyor based entirely on WP:OR. There's no proof he designed anything of particular importance. One of his teenage apprentices later went on to become a well known engineer, but Staveley doesn't seem to have played any part in Hawkesley's success. I've searched the online newspaper archive on Findmypast (where the Leicester and Nottingham newspapers are well-represented) and can find nothing of substance, other than mentions of Staveley in insolvency proceedings, a brief mention of the death of his brother (another architect) and a 9-word mention of Staveley's own death, age 70 in April 1837. It doesn't amount to much! Overall I think this sort of research should be left to local history websites, not Wikipedia. Sionk ( talk) 23:23, 22 June 2015 (UTC)