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Horace H. Cummings

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Non-notable subject that fails WP:BASIC. Various WP:BEFORE source searches are only providing faint passing mentions and name checks in independent, reliable sources; no significant coverage appears to exist at all in said required sources. I did find this book content, but it was published by Improvement Era, which was owned by and an official publication of the LDS Church, and thus is a primary source. The sources in the article consist of the subject's family papers, diary and autobiography, which are also primary sources, and are not usable to establish notability. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 20:55, 15 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 21:01, 15 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 21:01, 15 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Utah-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 21:01, 15 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

KEEP. I added material about his role in organizing the Mormon education exhibit for the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, sourced to a recent academic book. And also checked "Horace Hall Cummings" at gScholar, where several scholarly articles make him sound like a significant player in the development of LDS and of Utah's school system. Looks notable to me.E.M.Gregory (talk) 22:15, 16 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete unless references are added. Even one of the external links is broken. Deb (talk) 07:41, 17 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

WP:DELETIONOSNOTCLEANUP.E.M.Gregory (talk) 08:26, 17 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment – below is a source analysis of the source added to the article by E.M.Gregory and Google Scholar results.

The source added to the article provides a name check of the subject and then a short, one sentence passage of what the subject wrote. This is not significant coverage at all, and does not qualify notability.
Google Scholar results under Horace Hall Cummings provides:

This unreliable source that provides a name check and written quotation from the subject. Unreliable and not significant coverage.
This source, which appears to only have a name check.
This source, which also appears to only have a name check.

– Not seeing how the subject meets Wikipedia's notability standards per the sources that are available. Rather, it appears that the subject fails those standards. Sorry, but notability on Wikipedia is based upon our objective standards, rather than opinion such as "make him sound like a significant player" in a religious organization. Furthermore, there is no presumed notability for religious subjects on Wikipedia whatsoever. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 08:53, 17 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]