Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Fife (Captain Billy Fife)


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The result was   delete. causa sui (talk) 20:59, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

William Fife (Captain Billy Fife)

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Fails WP:GNG and WP:ANYBIO. No significant coverage. Appears to be family history and list of movements but no indication of any significant achievements or widely recognised contribution to historical events. Mutt Lunker (talk) 10:37, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete- With regrets. Fascinating unencyclopedic WP:OR attested to by the author's five I's 'I have outlined the true facts...', 'I will look at the facts...' 'I would like to state...', 'I agree that...', and 'I would ask you to think... (excepting the quote); no claim of coverage in books or WP:RS, and I was not able to locate any, either. Dru of Id (talk) 12:16, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Scotland-related deletion discussions.  —Mais oui! (talk) 14:40, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
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 * Delete. By the article's own admission, there is a dispute over they key point in this article, mainly which William Fife fought as a Captain in the American civil war. There might be a place for an article that covers all the points of view expressed in reliable sources (if this person's notability can be established), but there is certainly not a place for an article whose purpose is to advance a disputed point of view. Chris Neville-Smith (talk) 14:51, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Probably delete (it would be nice if there was some form of genealogy wiki we could transfer this stuff to, though). I proposed this for deletion back in September, and then pulled the PROD while I sent it to various projects for feedback. The discussions didn't seem favourable, but I forgot to renominate it! Thanks for catching it... Shimgray | talk | 16:36, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
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