Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abbas Koca


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The result was   delete. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 04:24, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Abbas Koca

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I am nominating this article for deletion because his age has not been verified by an international body specifically dealing with the oldest people in the world. There are MANY people who claim to be the oldest in the world, and 9 times out of 10 when they are 115 years old of age or more, they are lying. See Longevity claims and Longevity myths for all of the claimants. The "Records" title should not be present at the bottom of the article, neither should the template "Oldest person in the world since 1955", either. The people listed for the title or are in the template, have had their ages documented and validated by the Gerontology Research Group. Nick Ornstein (talk) 18:16, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep His age can be seen on his identity card given by the Republic of Turkey. He is a poor man and I think he is not interested in record breaking. That's why he hasn't revealed his age internationally. There are also articles about non-verified supercentenarians in the List of European supercentenarians like Józef Kowalski and Florence Green. -Hürrem (talk) 05:43, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete/Merge We have an article for non-notable longevity claimants at longevity claims. An ID card says nothing about the age - was it printed in 1891? There are articles about Józef Kowalski and Florence Green because they are notable for their WWI-era military services. SiameseTurtle (talk) 09:42, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete. As nominator says, many many people claim to be the oldest in the world; there's nothing here to suggest enough notability for a WP article.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 11:31, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
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