Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Woody Freeman


 * 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 and redirect to 1984 Arkansas gubernatorial election. RL0919 (talk) 18:12, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

Woody Freeman

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Fails WP:NPOL as a failed gubernatorial candidate. Like most Billy Hathorn articles, most sources are either routine campaign coverage, original research or basic government documents, or passing mentions or tangential connections to the subject (such as focusing on his opponent-Former US President Bill Clinton). Probably best to delete and then redirect to 1984 Arkansas gubernatorial election. GPL93 (talk) 17:57, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. GPL93 (talk) 17:57, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Arkansas-related deletion discussions. GPL93 (talk) 17:57, 1 August 2019 (UTC)


 * Merge to 1984 Arkansas gubernatorial election, as almost all meaningful coverage is of the race, with most of the rest just being routine directory/database information. The Arkansas Business article may look slightly promising, but without more, I think the best move is to merge. Unlike the nom, I see no need to delete first, and there is good content that should be merged in to the campaign rather than simply redirected. MarginalCost (talk) 13:34, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete and Redirect to 1984 Arkansas gubernatorial election. No creative content should be carried over due to User:Billy Hathorn's editing history, which is rife with copyvios. A sentence or 2 about him may be appropriate, but it should not be taken from Woody's article due to possible copyright issues. 💵Money💵emoji💵💸 15:46, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I'll confess ignorance to that particular user's history. If copyvios have risen to the level this is the commonly used practice, then I have no objection to your solution. Is there a single central page documenting remedies for the user's work? I obviously see the many notices on his talk page, but is there an existing consensus for a presumption of copyvio? MarginalCost (talk) 16:51, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
 * This is long-standing policy: Copyright violations. MER-C 13:30, 4 August 2019 (UTC)
 * And as for User:Billy Hathorn specifically: see Contributor copyright investigations/20110727 and the 700 articles listed there, and Sockpuppet investigations/Billy Hathorn for sockpuppets doing the same. --Closeapple (talk) 20:46, 7 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete and redirect as a presumptive copyright violation. The other substantive content was written by a LTA. MER-C 15:53, 7 August 2019 (UTC)


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