Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kevin McLaughlin


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The result was Delete -- JForget 00:55, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Kevin McLaughlin

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Strong suspicion of a hoax.

Compare the Anthony Burns and the Kevin McLaughlin articles. The McLaughlin article is the Burns article with a few sentences removed and alll the names changed. Both Anthony Burns and Joshua Glover, listed as fugitive slaves with Wikipedia articles in Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 have extensive Google results -- searches for Kevin McLaughlin returns listing for a poet, a scientist, a couple of businessmen -- and no slaves, fugitive or otherwise. Of course, a Google search doesn't take the place of actual research, but it's telling that the Burns article is well referenced, and the McLaughlin article is unreferenced -- I strongly suspect that it is because, as a hoax, it can't be referenced. ArglebargleIV (talk) 19:05, 18 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete There does not seem to be any valid sources, although it is extremely difficult to prove otherwise. If sources surface, keep. scope_creep (talk) 19:21, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:V. Creator only created this article, which makes it more suspicious. --Brewcrewer (talk) 19:40, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - per both of the above.   jj137  ( Talk ) 22:38, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom -- ¿Amar៛ Talk to me / My edits 07:05, 20 November 2007 (UTC)


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