Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roy R. Theriot


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The result was keep per WP:N. Bad faith nom. Bearian (talk) 23:28, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Roy R. Theriot

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Completing unfinished nomination by User:JzG, seems Twinkle choked again. Ten Pound Hammer • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 22:12, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

This is "Wikistalking" in which you are engaging. Mr. Theriot was mayor of Abbeville and an elected statewide official and leader of French culture promotion in Louisiana. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Billy Hathorn (talk • contribs) 01:24, 17 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the lists of Louisiana-related deletions, Politicians-related deletions, and History-related deletions. See WikiProject Deletion sorting/Louisiana for a list of related AfDs of articles by the same editor. -- A. B. (talk) 23:41, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep The State Comptroller was an elected statewide official under the Louisiana Constitution of 1921(see Art. 5,§ 18)--Looktothis (talk) 15:11, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete No real assertion of significance per WP:BIO. Minor office holder. Eusebeus (talk) 19:02, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Wrong, Comptroller can be a major office. Millard Fillmore was the comptroller of New York State when he became vice president. Carole Strayhorn was comptroller of Texas when she ran for governor in 2006. Alan Cranston was comptroller of California when he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1968. Bob Bullock of Texas probably could have qualified he had held no office higher than that of comptroller. (He was also lieutenant governor.) Former Texas Comptroller John Sharp should have an article, but I haven't gotten to him yet. I can only do those I have information on at the time. There is also no article at this time on Comptroller Susan Combs.

Billy Hathorn (talk) 22:33, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

False, he was included in the 1988 edition of A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography, a massive 2-volume work from the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now ULL). The biography included only those deceased prior to 1987.

Billy Hathorn (talk) 22:13, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

There should be a separate article on Sam Theriot, Roy Theriot's son, who served in the legislature, but I don't the bio information to do that at this time.

Billy Hathorn (talk) 22:28, 17 December 2007 (UTC)


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