Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paul Lewis (London, Ontario)


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The result was   delete. Notability not found. &mdash; Coffee //  have a cup  //  beans  // 19:47, 18 February 2015 (UTC)

Paul Lewis (London, Ontario)

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Almost entirely unsourced biography of a person whose notability is exclusively local to a single city, and boils down to having had a local history archive named after him and having once cut Guy Lombardo's hair. As written, the article relies on one news article in a reliable source (and even that one's not about him, but merely namechecks his existence) and one forum post in an unreliable one. It's not impossible for people of exclusively local notability to get into Wikipedia, but that takes a lot more sourcing than this. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 19:17, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
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 * Weak keep I know that this article is lacking references, but rather than delete I'd prefer tagging it for lack of references for a while. Clearly the creator has sources of information that are not listed on the article. I'm unable to access the reference listed (404), but I did find one other resource which is unfortunately far from stellar. It may turn out that the article is based on original research, but I think we should delay a delete decision until we have more information. LaMona (talk) 10:24, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, in a situation where actual reliable source coverage is this difficult to locate, the available evidence strongly suggests that the creator's "sources of information" lean significantly toward private conversations with people who knew Lewis personally, rather than properly published references that we can consult to verify any of it. Bearcat (talk) 22:24, 30 January 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, N ORTH A MERICA 1000 04:21, 2 February 2015 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —Tom Morris (talk) 10:53, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete. Based on the text, it seems that his claim to notability amounts to him being a well liked local figure in the London, Ontario community.  I doubt delay will solve the issues with the article or that sufficient sources exist.-- Mojo Hand (talk) 15:32, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
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