Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Richard Ballard


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The result was delete. KTC (talk) 14:31, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

John Richard Ballard

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A local judge who fails WP:GNG. The only reference for this article is a paid obituary. ...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 20:37, 26 October 2015 (UTC)
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 * Delete couldn't find anything in News about him. As always, I am open to changing my vote if presented with more sources. --JumpLike23 (talk) 21:05, 26 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete as I simply see no better improvement. SwisterTwister   talk  04:43, 27 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete No reliable sources. The Avengers (talk) 00:38, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete per my standards. Local judges are usually not notable. Bearian (talk) 13:50, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep, notable judge on two levels of court; no more Internet information is available on him for some reason. He appears never to have had an opponent; he is not listed in any of the election returns from the Secretary of State's office in Baton Rouge. When candidates are not listed on this valuable site, it means they ran unopposed. Billy Hathorn (talk) 03:56, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Commment False claims in paid obituaries take place. Here is an example. A baseball player's family claiming he was the #1 pick. Unfortunately the first draft of baseball players took place after their relative had already appeared in the majors. A more famous case, is the man who claimed to be the ex major leaguer Bill Henry. He had his family and friends fooled. Back to Ballard. If this Judge is notable, there would be something out there with his name on it. A ruling in a case, something. So frankly it appears he either isn't a high ranking judge, or the obituary claims are false. As you should know, paid obituaries fail WP:RS. There is no evidence of this man's notability....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 13:06, 29 October 2015 (UTC)


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All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 15:59, 5 November 2015 (UTC).
 * Here is a case where he represented a party in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
 * Here is an appeal case in the same court that refers to a ruling of his.
 * And APPEAL FROM FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, CADDO PARISH, STATE OF LOUISIANA, HONORABLE JOHN R. BALLARD, J." - affirming. & by extension 4 more.