Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sir William Arbuthnot, 2nd Baronet
Notability is not only something which is gained by a person's own actions, it can be thrust upon people without any voluntary action of their own. The fact that a significant number of people hold Baronets, regardless of what they have done, to be interesting and worthy of record means that a holder of a Baronetcy is notable. The article is acceptably sourced for a |biography of a living person; while Who's Who and Debretts do rely on the subjects of entries for updates, they will check and refuse inaccuracies. (People claiming bogus honours do not get in
— User:Sam, 12:12, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:BLP (Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons)