Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sarva deslauriers


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:27, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

Sarva deslauriers

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Mohamed Aden Ighe (talk) 01:27, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete Providing a rationale for deletion which the nominator failed to do. Possible hoax. Known only for one event, if even that is verifiable, and fails the notability guideline for biographies. The subject of the article is claimed to be "the smallest baby ever born," with a birth weight of 2 pounds, 2 ounces, or 964 grams. This is an extremely low birth weight, by present medical classification, but per there have apparently been smaller babies who were born alive, and who survived for appreciable some period of time. Babies with far lower birth weights have reportedly been born and survived: .  says that presently 90% of babies over 800 grams survive. Granted, there have been advances since 1985, but some small preemies survived even then. Some reliable sources would be needed to verify that even at the time of this person's birth, it set any kind of record. At Google Book search and Google scholar, I could find no references to this person in relation to l;ow birth weight.  The one newspaper cited in the article is not available online, so I could not verify it. Even if the one newspaper article claimed this was "the smallest baby ever born," it would lack credibility to substantiate an extreme medical claim. Edison (talk) 03:18, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete per Edison's search for sources and excellent analysis of the underlying issues.  Cullen 328  Let's discuss it  07:00, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete, known for one event only, and even that isn't very notable. Wikipedia is not the Guinness Book of Records. J I P  &#124; Talk 07:00, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  —Tom Morris (talk) 09:11, 21 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete Very clearly fails notability test on WP:BLP1E grounds. —Tom Morris (talk) 09:12, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete - There have been other recent records of the world's smallest baby. SwisterTwister   talk  05:41, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.