Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James F. Abbott


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The result was   delete. J04n(talk page) 23:23, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

James F. Abbott

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This biography of a silent film actor is sourced through Find-a-grave which basically means that it's unsourced. I tried but failed to find significant coverage in reliable sources. I can't even find superficial coverage in unreliable sources like IMDb so there's a real verification problem. However, he might be known under a stage name or some variant of "James" (Jim, Jimmy) that I did not consider. Pichpich (talk) 18:01, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete, I agree with the nomination - can't find any information about this person other than Find-a-Grave.  PK  T (alk)  20:16, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:48, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
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 * Delete failing WP:BIO. While I did find his death record, and learned that there was a James F. Abbott, born in 1872 and dying in 1954 as on the headstone, who was born as James Francis Abbott in Maine on April 24 1872. There is nothing else to learn about this fellow... but with the birth/death timing he "could" have been either a James Francis Abbott (involved in opera before getting into film), or James Francis Abbott (an author of that period). No verifiability though. Kind of a pity.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 01:00, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
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