Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sallie Barnhill Miles


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The result was DELETE. postdlf (talk) 22:56, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

Sallie Barnhill Miles

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Appears to be completely unverifiable, and borders on an obvious hoax. The subject is purported to have lived to be 117 years old and ridden buses in defiance of the local laws, in 1845 (at the tender age of 5). Unsurprisingly, I am also unable to find any coverage in secondary sources that would meet WP:GNG. VQuakr (talk) 02:22, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete. I can find no third-party confirmation of the existence of Sallie Barnhill Miles even in African-American newspapers dating from this time period and available through Google Books. --NellieBly (talk) 02:36, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete as hoax. Buses in 1845? World's oldest woman for a 17-year period? Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 03:07, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
 * The first London omnibus ran in 1829, introduced by George Shillibeer. So riding on a bus in 1845 is not, in itself, implausible.  Hyperdoctor Phrogghrus (talk) 18:50, 10 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. While finding a way to pass Lake Erie on the way from North Carolina to Virginia would certainly be unusual, it's not easy to believe that an escaping slave would travel such a route. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 03:09, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete as per the reasons above. - SudoGhost (talk) 03:10, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete I could find no trace of this person in any reliable source, even using several variations and alternate spellings of the name. The editor who wrote the article has had several other articles deleted and seems unwilling or unable to follow our basic policies and procedures or to collaborate with other editors. Cullen328 (talk) 15:59, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:V and WP:SNOW. Bearian (talk) 20:59, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
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