Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Willoughby Mason Willoughby

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The result was keep. Tone 22:05, 8 November 2018 (UTC)

Willoughby Mason Willoughby

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I'm not convinced that being the Medical Officer of Health for London satisfies WP:BIO. I'm also not seeing anything other than the cited obituary, so he fails WP:GNG. Clarityfiend (talk) 05:51, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 11:26, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

• Keep 'Medical Officer of Health' is a rather greater role than the name might suggest. Also he was appointed to this at a particularly fraught time during the Great War, and he served through the Spanish Flu period. The idea that "there are no other sources" is of course nonsense: we base such judgements on the existence of such sources, not whether they're currently cited in the article.

His brother probably warrants their own article too, as a president of the BMA. Andy Dingley (talk) 11:54, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Health and fitness-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 22:48, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 22:48, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:40, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

• Keep Quite a lot of references for him come up on a search for "Dr W M Willoughby". As well as journal articles and government reports, there are articles about his work on plague on ships, food contamination, pigeon, etc. RebeccaGreen (talk) 04:17, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
• Keep - there are multiple detailed obituaries as well as various articles on his work. More than sufficient coverage, particularly for a historical figure. Nosebagbear (talk) 22:31, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

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