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Chaffers wrote a compendium of English pottery manufacturers (not individual potters) most of which are too obscure to rate a separate article in Wikipedia. In addition John Wedgwood wasn't even a potter. --
Erp (
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17:56, 9 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Chaffers contains biographical details of the various Wedgwoods, including this one, giving details of his work, residence and death. My !vote stands.
Andrew D. (
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12:20, 12 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Keep as he is a notable historical person. _Srijanx22_ 10:49, 12 February 2019 (UTC) — Preceding
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Srijanx22 (
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Weak Keep - Josiah Wedgwood has been the subject of numerous biographies. An early biographer who wrote a two volume biography and a number of additional books is
Eliza Meteyard. Based on her book, I think there is a good case the Josiah's brothers, Tom and John, are both suitably encyclopedic subjects for an article. Their lives and motivations are discussed in detail, and a good deal is known about them. You can see their entries in the book's index, here
[1]. I think there is a much weaker case for Josiah's father. In this and other early, public domain biographies of Josiah, all that is written about his father is based on his will, his date of death, and generalizations about potters and inhabitants from Burslem during that period. I am !voting on all three AfDs (that of John Wedgwood (1721–67), that of Thomas Wedgwood IV and that of Thomas Wedgwood III) with this comment, as I think they are similar enough. I am voting weakly because I think the best proof of the subjects being encyclopedic would come in actually improving the pages (based on Meteyard or other sources) and I do not have time to do the improving myself.
Smmurphy(
Talk)17:17, 21 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Redirect to
Josiah Wedgwood per
WP:NOTINHERITED. He is not notable as
WP:GNG requires multiple in-depth sources, and only one biography of his brother was provided above. I don't think that even that can be considered significant coverage, but a redirect would at least be supported by the one book. wumbolo^^^20:42, 22 February 2019 (UTC)reply
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Chaffers wrote a compendium of English pottery manufacturers (not individual potters) most of which are too obscure to rate a separate article in Wikipedia. In addition John Wedgwood wasn't even a potter. --
Erp (
talk)
17:56, 9 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Chaffers contains biographical details of the various Wedgwoods, including this one, giving details of his work, residence and death. My !vote stands.
Andrew D. (
talk)
12:20, 12 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Keep as he is a notable historical person. _Srijanx22_ 10:49, 12 February 2019 (UTC) — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Srijanx22 (
talk •
contribs)
Weak Keep - Josiah Wedgwood has been the subject of numerous biographies. An early biographer who wrote a two volume biography and a number of additional books is
Eliza Meteyard. Based on her book, I think there is a good case the Josiah's brothers, Tom and John, are both suitably encyclopedic subjects for an article. Their lives and motivations are discussed in detail, and a good deal is known about them. You can see their entries in the book's index, here
[1]. I think there is a much weaker case for Josiah's father. In this and other early, public domain biographies of Josiah, all that is written about his father is based on his will, his date of death, and generalizations about potters and inhabitants from Burslem during that period. I am !voting on all three AfDs (that of John Wedgwood (1721–67), that of Thomas Wedgwood IV and that of Thomas Wedgwood III) with this comment, as I think they are similar enough. I am voting weakly because I think the best proof of the subjects being encyclopedic would come in actually improving the pages (based on Meteyard or other sources) and I do not have time to do the improving myself.
Smmurphy(
Talk)17:17, 21 February 2019 (UTC)reply
Redirect to
Josiah Wedgwood per
WP:NOTINHERITED. He is not notable as
WP:GNG requires multiple in-depth sources, and only one biography of his brother was provided above. I don't think that even that can be considered significant coverage, but a redirect would at least be supported by the one book. wumbolo^^^20:42, 22 February 2019 (UTC)reply
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