Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joseph Graham Davis, Sr.
for several reasons.  First, the subject is not notable.  Notability is |not inherited, so what his father or his son did is irrelevant in the context of this debate.  We need to look at the subject's own life and achievements to establish notability.  A plaque and a French countess are not, based on my knowledge of Wikipedia policy, criteria for recognising notability.  Secondly, there is a problem with verifiability.  The article many have many sources, but that does not necessarily equate to a "well sourced" article.  Notability, according to Wikipedia policy, needs to be verified by independant, reliable, ''secondary'' sources.  Many of this article's references are ''primary'' sources, such as estate details, etc.  The editor has used these for his/her own original research.  The requirement for secondary sources stems from the fact that, to be notable, ''other'' people have to be writing about the subject.  The article fails the core Wikipedia principles of notability and verifiability.  Finally, see Wikipedia:Other stuff exists for an essay as to why the argument that "other stuff exists" is not valid
— User:Wikipeterproject, 13:31, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:NOTINHERITED (Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions)