Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of deserters from James II to William of Orange

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The result was delete‎. Sandstein 19:49, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

List of deserters from James II to William of Orange[edit]

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The principal source of this article is The Complete Peerage (2nd edition), pp. 658–661 (the 1st edition does not help much here). That part is an appendix titled "Principal Persons who Joined the Prince of Orange", which draws from memoirs of the 2nd Earl of Chesterfield and a book by William Dugdale. Still, it is just Dugdale and Cokayne's judgement of who are "principal" enough to be listed. I do not see that every list from The Complete Peerage is notable as a stand-alone list article, especially given the large number of people deserted to William during the Glorious Revolution. Given that there are quite a few unknown personnel (such as "Squire Bray") in the list, it seems better off to have the deserters in a category rather than a stand-alone list. ネイ (talk) 14:40, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Lists of people, Royalty and nobility, and United Kingdom. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 15:01, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 12:02, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. It's essentially a straight copy of the Complete Peerage, so this is better suited to wikisource or a category. Celia Homeford (talk) 09:21, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.