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September 2008
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The article Richard le Despencer, 4th Baron Burghersh has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This was done because the article, which appeared to be about a real person, organization (band, club, company, etc.), or web content, did not indicate how or why the subject is notable, that is, why an article about that subject should be included in Wikipedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the notability of the subject may be deleted at any time. If you can indicate why the subject is really notable, you are free to re-create the article, making sure to cite any verifiable sources.
Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, and for specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for musicians, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. —C.Fred (talk) 11:38, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
- While it was probably wrong to speedy-delete this (English peers pre-1999 were automatically members of a national legislature and are presumed to be "notable"), I should point out that Richard was not, in fact, the 4th Baron Burghersh. The attainder of his father Thomas in 1400 prevented Richard from inheriting any peerage through his father. I would suggest writing a line about his betrothal and early death in Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester and leaving it at that; from what I've seen so far, I don't think there's enough data about Richard to warrant his own article.
- If you disagree or are confused about the Wikipedia jargon here, please feel free to edit my talk page and leave me a message. Yours, Choess (talk) 00:33, 19 December 2008 (UTC)