Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chapman Biddle

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The result was keep. Star Mississippi 13:11, 23 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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His service in the American Civil War was not especially distinguished, and there really isn't anything else. Clarityfiend (talk) 09:29, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Law, Military, and Pennsylvania. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 10:13, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Commanding a brigade at one of the most famous battles in history would seem to me to be notable. -- Necrothesp (talk) 11:01, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak Delete multiple RS for his command at Gettysburg and not much else about him. Being from a "prominent family" doesn't make you notable. Mztourist (talk) 13:35, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment - I've got a couple of the books sources listed at the bottom of the article (Gottfried and Pfanz), will check those and a few others I have around to see if I can find significant coverage. Hog Farm _Talk 14:22, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep for his service as a colonel in the war and at Gettysburg, as well as being a respected lawyer posthumously honoured by the Philadelphia bar. More than enough in the referenced books for WP:GNG. I've added a couple more newspaper sources. KylieTastic (talk) 15:17, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep mentioned in Colonial And Revolutionary Families Of Pennsylvania by John Woolf Jordan (pp. 186–187) published by Clearfield, and more importantly Men of the Century, an Historical Work: Giving Portraits and Sketches of Eminent Citizens of the United States by Charles Morris (p. 39 - whole page with quite a detailed life story) published by I. R. Hamersly & Company. Good enough for me. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 07:43, 16 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

comment I've added the book to the references section of the article. KylieTastic (talk) 10:18, 16 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Leaning keep per peacemaker's finds, although noting that the coverage in Gottfried is pretty much only about his brigade not him, and Pfanz only really dedicated two sentences specifically to him and is again mainly about the brigade. Hog Farm _Talk 22:14, 18 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep iaw WP:GNG - at least two good sources with substantial coverage. Springnuts (talk) 08:34, 23 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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