Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abner Drake Turner

Abner Drake Turner

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Claim to fame is being mayor of a town of less than 15k population; only sources are an obit and a list of mayors, i.e., no significant coverage whatsoever; doesn't come close to meeting WP:NPOL or WP:GNG. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 04:42, 8 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete The local obit source is not enough to establish notability.John Pack Lambert (talk) 05:06, 8 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support To correct, a list of mayors is also on there, not that it matters. Ack! Ack! Pasta bomb! (talk) 06:30, 8 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment What?!, and how is that a criteria for inclusion? OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 22:56, 8 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  - Support deletion, not inclusion. Ack! Ack! Pasta bomb! (talk) 10:22, 15 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Louisiana-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 20:24, 8 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep. A placeholder article awaiting new information if it can be found. Sources are off-line. An historical figure who left office 99 years ago.Billy Hathorn (talk) 02:29, 9 March 2015 (UTC).[reply]
Delete. Mayor of what is a pretty small town today and must have been much smaller when he was around. No real notability. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:39, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. The Drakes and Turners were pioneer families in Webster Parish. His mother was a Drake and his father a Turner. Sources are off-line at this point.