Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Laycock


 * 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 of the debate was merge with Augusta, Kentucky (don't none of y'all get tempted to start vote-counting now). Onya, Quarl! fuddlemark (fuddle me!) 12:52, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

John Laycock
Delete as vanity and failure to establish notability - also for being localpoliticocruft. Eddie.willers 17:38, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
 * delete Non notable small town local politition. Has had a long enough time for other basis of notability.Obina 23:25, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge to Augusta, Kentucky. Claim to notability: The mayor is the first in the Commonwealth of Kentucky to win a write in a public office.  &mdash;Quarl (talk) 2006-01-24 02:09Z 
 * Delete, no merge. The article looks extremely fishy to me, and I've been unable to verify anything in it.  "Supreme Excellency" is certainly not the honorific for an American mayor (it would be "The Honorable"), and I have a hard time believing this guy's name is "Johnathan," particularly when there's no evidence of that on official town or state websites.  This isn't vanity; this was written by an Augusta, KY resident who'd had a few too many mint juleps. Chick Bowen 02:38, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't think this is a hoax, just inaccurate. The "Supreme Excellency" part might have been a joke.  Kentucky Secretary of State Land Office lists John Laycock as the mayor of Augusta, Kentucky, and there are a few other references such as the Kentucky Post.  &mdash;Quarl (talk) 2006-01-27 23:06Z 
 * I have cleaned up the article. Merging would just require pasting the two sentences to Augusta, Kentucky and the reference.  &mdash;Quarl (talk) 2006-01-27 23:11Z 
 * Merge, seems legit. --Brian1979 14:58, 28 January 2006 (UTC)


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