Deletion of Hamnet Shakespeare

Comment: procedural nom with no delete votes, per  #1)—Shakespeare's only son, whose untimely death cannot but have been an influence on the father (particularly a father that was very concerned with keeping his inheritance undivided for the future), must meet the standard for inclusion. Just look at the references; the article, short as it may be, still cites 8 different |reliable sources, of which 4 are from academic journals or university presses (usually heralded as the gold standard for reliable sources on Wikipedia), and 2 of whom are from the most prominent and respected Shakespeare scholars of the twentieth century (Edmund Kerchever Chambers|Chambers and Samuel Schoenbaum|Schoenbaum). And since I've contributed to this article I can add that the choice of sources was selective; if needed to establish |notability I could add a whole bunch more. As a reminder,  says: '''If a topic has received significant coverage in reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject, it is presumed to satisfy the inclusion criteria for a stand-alone article.'''  In other words, it meets the standard for inclusion and the nom is purely procedural, so my !vote is an emphatic '''speedy keep
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Speedy keep (WP:SK||WP:RS||WP:N)

Comment: of course. Easily satisfies . Significant non-trivial coverage about him in his own right
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: The article is a benefit to Wikipedia. Applying notability guidelines according to the letter of the law might prevent Hamnet from having an article. However, I believe that this is a special case. I don't know if David Schwimmer, Hoyt Wilhelm, or Michael Dell have kids, but notability obviously wouldn't be inherited there. Hamnet Shakespeare is mentioned in just about every high school English course taught in English-speaking countries, though. If the rules say the article doesn't belong, this is a clear case for 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Ignore all rules (WP:IAR)