Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maurice James Woulfe


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The result was delete. Liz Read! Talk! 20:26, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

Maurice James Woulfe

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Deprodded without rationale or improvement. I can't find any in-depth coverage of this person. The current two sources are a non-reliable website, and a family memoir by one of his descendants.  Onel 5969  TT me 20:26, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People and Ireland. Shellwood (talk) 21:51, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
 * delete nothing in Jstor or Gscholar, I think he's just an interesting bit of local lore. Oaktree b (talk) 23:46, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete I am also unable to find anything about this man, and the website and self-published memoir used as sourcing don't add up to much in the way of indicating notability. Joyous! | Talk 22:12, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete. Per WP:NOTGENEALOGY and WP:ANYBIO. The only sources linked (and indeed the only sources that seem to be available in general) are self-published "family history" works. Both written by the same person. An apparent descendant of the subject. Both sources contain effectively the same text. One self-published on a family history website. The other self-published via lulu.com. Neither meets WP:RS or WP:BASIC. (It is worth noting that, to my read, not only do the sources not support notability, they don't support much of the text. Including the "claims to fame" about "considerable land purchases in the south west of Ireland" or "few recorded Irish centenarians of the 17th/18th C".) My own WP:BEFORE efforts have identified no other reliable/independent sources. Either to support the text or to support notability. Guliolopez (talk) 12:36, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete - per Guliolopez. Spleodrach (talk) 19:06, 28 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete - per Guliolopez, Spleodrach and my own digging at the National Library, cannot find any broader backing for the claims. Almost a pity, but as Oaktree b said, at best a bit of local folklore, maybe. SeoR (talk) 15:46, 30 November 2022 (UTC)


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