Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James McCoubrey


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete and redirect to List of the verified oldest men. czar 22:54, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

James McCoubrey

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The individual represented in this article received a brief burst of attention because he was thought to be the world's oldest man (turns out he wasn't), which continued for about a month until his own death. Of the four sources in this article (two are duplicates, one is just a note), two offer only trivial coverage and one is an obituary. I have been unable to find the level of coverage that would satisfy the requirements of WP:N. There's no Wikipedia policy or consensus that states that the oldest anything is automatically notable by the encyclopedia's standards; numerous AfDs on the "oldest" individuals have been kept or deleted based on their individual merits. Thus we default to the general notability guidelines and any material of encyclopedic merit can be included on the many longevity-related lists on Wikipedia. Canadian  Paul  17:37, 12 July 2016 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep The scope and breadth of the reliable and verifiable sources provided based on the individual merits of the person described support the claim of notability by any standard used. Alansohn (talk) 16:13, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete The duplicates and the note are not reliable sources. What's left for sourcing amounts to very little and does not satisfy our notability standards. Beyond that, much of the text is about a claim of longevity that proved to be inaccurate.  There's simply no encyclopedic information here that cannot be accommodated by a list.  Please see the WP:NOPAGE essay section of WP:N. David in DC (talk) 19:10, 13 July 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 15:33, 19 July 2016 (UTC) Delete or Redirect to List of the verified oldest men - Fails WP:GNG as there is no significant coverage in reliable sources. Removing the duplicate sources and the notes leaves you with a GRG table, two one sentence mentions in articles about other oldsters (Obituaries for Jiroemon Kimura and Shelby Harris respectively) and a local news article that was published in his birth town in Canada. Only other sources I can find through Google are obituaries. The guidelines at the WP:WOP tell us he belongs on a list, not a standalone article. CommanderLinx (talk) 00:56, 26 July 2016 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, &mdash; Music1201  talk  04:56, 26 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete or redirect. Lived, got old, died. Without extraordinary sourcing, that's not notable to the degree that encourages splitting from the existing list. ~ Rob 13 Talk 23:20, 28 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment, isn't this a case of WP:ONEEVENT, so delete.Coolabahapple (talk) 00:33, 30 July 2016 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.