Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sherbro Caulkers


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The result was   delete. CharlieEchoTango ( contact ) 09:24, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

Sherbro Caulkers

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Delete the article Sherbro Caulkers for lack of notability. The article has been around since 2007 and has two listed sources, a web page and page 7 of the 1994 book Black Poor and White Philanthropists. However that web page mentions neither "Sherbro" nor "Caulkers" and in fact seems to have nothing to do with the Caulker family, although it is about Sierra Leone. A search of the book Black Poor and White Philanthropists turned up no mention of Caulkers, and a detailed reading of page 7 provided nothing. The Sherbro people have their own article, and there it says, for example, The Sherbro intermarried with them [English traders], producing Afro-European clans such as the Tuckers and the Caulkers. however all mentions of such intermarriage and all mentions of the Caulkers in that article were added by the author of this article, and all of them are without citation. After finding the unsupportive citations, I tried to find some material on this family, and while certainly not exhaustive, I didn't get anywhere fast. One mention that I found was From the 1700s onward, Corker girls married prominent European and Afro-European traders such as the Rogers Tuckers and Clecelaands, and produced new Afro-European clans. page 46 in The Caulkers of Sierra Leone by Imodale Caulker-Burnett, a 2010 vanity press (Xlibris Corp.) book. Not a reliable source and not a basis for notability. The Sherbro Caulkers article appears to be about a rather non-notable Sierra Leone family and to the extent that it is more than a regurgitation of some Sierra Leone history, to be original research about the family or clan. --Bejnar (talk) 03:07, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete per notability -- Camilo S&aacute;nchez Talk to me 03:13, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions.  —Tom Morris (talk) 19:33, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 00:22, 1 September 2012 (UTC)


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


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 13:58, 7 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete The article has zero WP:RS and has been here since 2007? This is incredible. How do we know it is even notable when it has no independent sources to establish its importance. --Artene50 (talk) 04:24, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
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