Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bob Taggart (2nd nomination)


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The result was delete. Courcelles (talk) 21:47, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

Bob Taggart
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This centarian (not even a "supercentarian" for what that's worth) was the 2nd oldest man in the UK and allegedly was the oldest man in Scotland at the time of his death. However, for whatever reason, according to List_of_British_supercentenarians, it was David Henderson who was the oldest man in Scotland in 1998 making Taggert's claim inaccurate (or Henderson inaccurate I don't know). And while his love of bowls and singing Humperdinck songs is all so impressively interesting, this is all a giant WP:BLP1E article that may or may not even be accurate. Ricky81682 (talk) 07:07, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

Delete. Nearly every source here is an obituary, which means that the sources border on routine coverage and do little to satisfy the sourcing and notability requirements at WP:N. Per past AfD precedent, being the oldest "X" is not sufficient for a stand-alone article, and there is very little here of encyclopedic merit to justify a merge or redirect. Canadian  Paul  18:24, 14 September 2015 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 16:31, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Scotland-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:42, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
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 * Delete as I would've suggested keeping but with no preferred better coverage, there's not much else and especially no good move target. Pinging past commenters (in case any are interested), , , , and .  SwisterTwister   talk  06:15, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete. I have never understood why staying alive a bit longer than the next guy is at all notable. It's just genetics, nutrition and luck. WWGB (talk) 06:47, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete as per nom and above editors. Not enough to pass WP:GNG.  Onel 5969  TT me 13:53, 28 September 2015 (UTC)


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