Deletion of Lewis Francis Byington

Comment: Keep''' Meets , for inclusion in a dictionary of national biography, as well as numerous other sources.Closing admin should discount Greghenderson's !vote as he has a Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard/Archive_163#Greghenderson2006|history of using Wikipedia to promote his family, to put it plainly
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ANYBIO)

Comment: A newspapers.com search for "Lewis Byington" turns up '''''3,427''''' hits from 1868 to 1942, and a search for "Lewis F. Byington" turns up '''''2,734'''''. Examples from just the first page of results: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71724150 1 ("civic leader ... whose hand helped shape the government of San Francisco for nearly half a century"); https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71724203 2 ("for many years prominent in public affairs in the Bay area"); https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71724083 3 ("eminent author on history of San Francisco"); https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71724302 4; https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71724002 5. Surely, {{u|Graywalls}}, that counts as "otability#General notability guideline|significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N)

Comment: based on the extensive research of {{u|Usernameunique}} '''Delete''' - These ancestry/geneaological articles on this extended family are  and considerably puffed up per . This individual was a minor local politician, and does not meet the criteria for ; local district attorneys do not get a free pass. Not even state or national DA's get a free pass. I'm even a bit skeptical about the obits, as prominant families often submit them to newspapers to keep the family name in the public eye. Does not meet  nor . He was born into a prominant family, held some jobs, had some hobbies, joined some clubs, he died. . None of his positions were notable, it's puffery. Regarding being in the library of congress, that's puffery.....even I'm in the freaking LOC! It's no big deal
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Conflict of interest (WP:COI||WP:PUFF||WP:POLITICIAN||WP:BASIC||WP:GNG||WP:MILL)