Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edwyn Burnaby
on the grounds that it is a largely honorary appointment and merely receiving it fails  and . If we kept this because he held a ceremonial appointive post, then we would need to keep articles for all Kentucky Colonels , Indiana recipients of the Sagamore of the Wabash, Nebraska admirals , Admirals in the Texas Navy http://www.texasnavy.com/ , and honorary Colonel (title)|Colonels of Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, North Dakota, and Alabama. In some of these cases, the title was once actually a commission in the state militia or as an aide to the governor, but now they are ceremonial or honorary. Some but not all of the recipients of these awards were otherwise notable, as successful businessmen, entertainers, artists, civil rights pioneers, or athletes, so if a High Sheriff is otherwise notable he can certainly have an article
— User:Edison, 20:04, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:N||WP:BIO (Wikipedia:Notability)