Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ottie Cline Powell


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The result was delete. WP:SOFTDELETE. The Bushranger One ping only 18:00, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

Ottie Cline Powell

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Wikipedia is not a memorial. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:38, 11 December 2015 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment seems like a number of books on ghosts and Appalachian hikes mention the subject, e.g.:, . Not sure if this is enough to establish notability, but the sources do mention that his death was covered in newspapers at the time in the 19th century. FuriouslySerene (talk) 16:56, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, The Bushranger One ping only 00:37, 18 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:49, 18 December 2015 (UTC)
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 * Delete as there actually may be a better article somewhere but none of this including the few several links I found at Books and News, and that's it, nothing else and this currently simply seems like folklore. SwisterTwister   talk  08:28, 19 December 2015 (UTC)


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