Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paul A. Brown (2nd nomination)


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The result was delete. This might or might not meet GNG (but most likely not) but the copyvio concerns here swing this to delete. If folks want to demonstrate GNG, they can submit a draft at WP:AFC or WP:DELREV Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 16:41, 3 February 2018 (UTC)

Paul A. Brown
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Non-notable mayor of a small town. Does not meet WP:POLITICIAN or WP:GNG. Article created by banned serial copyright violator and sock puppeteer Billy Hathorn. Marquardtika (talk) 19:46, 27 January 2018 (UTC)
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 * Delete- Mayor of Minden is not a notable position.--Rusf10 (talk) 07:11, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete as a presumptive copyright violation. MER-C 12:10, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment Earwig finds no suggestion of copyright issues. What's your assessment of notability? Mortee (talk) 22:56, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep appears to meet GNG, if you think it is copied from somewhere, show us the link to the prior material. --RAN (talk) 19:05, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete a small town mayor with small town coverage. We need to stop interpreting GNG to make it so it can be passed with an article in any two-bit newspaper. This is just plain an unreasonable criteria.John Pack Lambert (talk) 04:26, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep Coverage in sources cited is enough to pass WP:GNG. If it's a copyvio, prove it and it can be speedied. If not, we rely on WP:GNG. Smartyllama (talk) 17:24, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Nominator's Comment: The article's creator, Billy Hathorn, typically copied content from written sources that aren't online. It's difficult to prove copyvio in such cases, especially since the sources he used are micro-local, but it was his MO, and the reason he was banned from Wikipedia. See Bearcat's comment at Articles for deletion/A. B. George. Marquardtika (talk) 19:39, 2 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete -- as a mayor of a small town, the subject does not meet WP:NPOL. Does not meet WP:ANYBIO since the coverage is local and / or routine. K.e.coffman (talk) 06:31, 3 February 2018 (UTC)


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