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:::He was the author of several books and also wrote numerous [[hymns]]

:::He was the author of several books and also wrote numerous [[hymns]]

:::It was not deleted because of notability, but because it '''failed to assert notability,''' i.e. gave no reasons why Orr meets the WP:BIO criteria. The article was marked with a notice saying "If this page does not meet the criteria for speedy deletion, or you intend to fix it, please remove this notice, but do not remove this notice from pages that you have created yourself. If you created this page and you disagree with this page’s proposed speedy deletion, please add: <nowiki>{{hangon}}</nowiki>."  

::It was not deleted because of lack of notability, but because it '''failed to assert''' notability, i.e. '''did not give reasons''' why Orr meets the WP:BIO criteria. The article was marked with a notice saying "If this page does not meet the criteria for speedy deletion, or you intend to fix it, please remove this notice, but do not remove this notice from pages that you have created yourself. If you created this page and you disagree with this page’s proposed speedy deletion, please add: <nowiki>{{hangon}}</nowiki>."  

:::However, User:Ted-m didn't take any of these actions.  

::However, User:Ted-m didn't take any of these actions.  

:::The final deletion was made because Ted-m replaced the content of the article with the text <nowiki>#REDIRECT [[J Edwin Orr]]</nowiki> apparently under the impression that this was the same as moving the article, but it isn't. The result was to create a redirect to a nonexistent page--[[J Edwin Orr]] was never created. Redirects to nonexistent pages are legitimate "speedy deletions."  

::The final deletion was made because Ted-m replaced the content of the article with the text <nowiki>#REDIRECT [[J Edwin Orr]]</nowiki> apparently under the impression that this was the same as moving the article, but it isn't. The result was to create a redirect to a nonexistent page--[[J Edwin Orr]] was never created. Redirects to nonexistent pages are legitimate "speedy deletions."  

:::If the article had, say: given the titles of Orr's books; and mentioned a single source, such as a print biography, for the facts in the article; or quoted a reasonable published source giving the title of one of Orr's hymns and a comment about its being familiar or beloved or anything like that, I don't think it would have been deleted.

::If the article had, say: given the titles of Orr's books; and mentioned a single source, such as a print biography, for the facts in the article; or quoted a reasonable published source giving the title of one of Orr's hymns and a comment about its being familiar or beloved or anything like that, I don't think it would have been deleted.

:::It was a case of someone borderline-notable, probably notable for a Wikipedia article, whose article was deleted because the contributor didn't create a very good article and apparently didn't take any actions to defend it other than just blindly recreating the same very short article. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 06:24, 3 April 2007 (EDT)

::It was a case of someone borderline-notable, probably notable for a Wikipedia article, whose article was deleted because the contributor didn't create a very good article and apparently didn't take any actions to defend it other than just blindly recreating the same very short article. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 06:24, 3 April 2007 (EDT)