Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Collins McSparran

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The result was delete. Ad Orientem (talk) 01:37, 5 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

John Collins McSparran

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Doesn't appear to meet WP:GNG or WP:NPOL GPL93 (talk) 20:39, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - while it's a historical example, the individual does not appear to meet WP:NPOL. No stand out redirect target. Nosebagbear (talk) 22:40, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 01:15, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Pennsylvania-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 01:15, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Mounting an unsuccessful primary challenge is not a notability claim that passes WP:NPOL, but this isn't doing a good job of demonstrating that he's notable for other reasons. Serving as a trustee of the state university and being appointed to the State Council of Education might be stronger notability claims if they were referenced significantly better than this, but one obituary in his local newspaper and one short namecheck of his existence in a journal article about an event he happened to be involved in is not enough sourcing to get him over the bar. Bearcat (talk) 03:42, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 09:56, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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