Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Gillis McDonald


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The result was delete. North America1000 01:15, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

James Gillis McDonald

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Delete. Completely unsourced article about a person whose strongest claim to notability is his involvement in a police case that was later fictionalized in a novel. While that might be enough to earn inclusion in an encyclopedia if the article were reliably sourced enough to satisfy WP:GNG, it might still just make him a WP:BIO1E -- and no notability claim ever entitles its holder to an exemption from having to be properly sourced. Bearcat (talk) 13:55, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete It is high time we remove all unsourced articles from Wikipedia.John Pack Lambert (talk) 04:05, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 15:36, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 15:36, 28 September 2016 (UTC)


 * delete I found one source that confirmed he was a tracker but nothing significant in coverage to suggest he meets WP:BIO. If editors are going to create articles they need to make the effort to citate. It contains a lot of unverified claims. LibStar (talk) 15:48, 28 September 2016 (UTC)


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