Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Taylor (captain)


 * 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. Though not a policy or guideline, WP:TNT is what's being recommended here. If somebody wants to work on this then I'll be happy to userfy it. Ron Ritzman (talk) 03:19, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

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This page is completely illegible

Sorry if the formatting isn't correct, nominating an article seems to require some strange steps. I can't see any reason to keep this page: it looks like a badly formed argument about something, but I can't make heads or tails of it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emeraldemon (talk • contribs) 2010-10-12 02:26:53
 * Delete. The article tries to untangle various Revolutionary War John Taylors (one of whom may or may not be John Taylor of Caroline), but fails miserably. Best to start over with a clean slate. Clarityfiend (talk) 04:34, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
 * It's an article where the people editing don't seem to understand the concept of an article talk page. So instead they've annotated the article.  There was a legible article here, once upon a time.  On the other hand, the mis-placed talk page commentaries dispute pretty much all of its content.  The cited sources are no use.  Aside from the fact that several of the citations don't fully identify a source at all, the ones that do appear to be pointing to mentions of a John Taylor, which have apparently been stitched together on the assumption that they are all talking about the same John Taylor.  In short:  Yes, this is a confused, badly written, badly sourced, uninformative, mangled, mess.  Uncle G (talk) 04:44, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. If the annotator is correct, then this article apparently confuses several people into a single biography. (See Don't build the Frankenstein.) It would probably be best to delete this page and start over, but allow the creation later of biographies of any of the individual John Taylors who are notable and can be distinguished from each other. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 05:12, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete I have moved the in-line comments to the talk page for reference. This should make it easier to assess the actual article. It is possible that the subject(s) of the article is/are notable, but currently it seems to confuse numerous different people, and to be so poorly sourced and explained that it is very hard to judge. If the article or articles are ever to work, then a clean slate would be best, and this one ought to be deleted.-- K orr u ski Talk 10:52, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Agreed, a fresh start here would be best. Looking at the old stub version provided by Uncle G, I'm not terribly confident that the original subject met notability, either - and a rambling list of multiple John Taylors is certainly not. Best to start over. UltraExactZZ Said~ Did 14:45, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
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 * Stubify to the version noted by Uncle G and find someone willing to wade through the comingling of three (or more?!) biographies and fix this article up to a proper biography.  bahamut0013  words deeds 21:36, 12 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete No clear indications of any notability based on the sources in the article Nick-D (talk) 07:42, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Stubify to the version noted by Uncle G. Edward321 (talk) 00:44, 15 October 2010 (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.