Deletion of John Plemth

Comment: per the historical material found by Charles Matthews, and references in a number of other books.  is more than satisfied, and the nominator should have done a better  check. -- Special:Contributions/202.124.73.119|202.124.73.119
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N||WP:BEFORE)

Comment: We could mention he's in ''Fasti Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ,'' to which detractors would say, "oh, that's just incidental." Here's the question: "Is Wikipedia better off with or without this article?" That seems clear. Now, let's take a look at all the links that are gonna go red if this historical stub is deleted: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere/John_Plemth&limit=500. In what possible alternative universe is that a benefit to the encyclopedia??? So let's go straight to the biggest Policy in the playbook:  — "If a rule prevents you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, ignore it." Confirmed existence, factually accurate, valid claim to notability, useful content, that's all we should really worry about
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Ignore all rules (WP:IGNOREALLRULES)