Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Teal Scott

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The result was delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:24, 22 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Teal Scott

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"Scott has claimed to have been kidnapped and tortured for 13 years by members of a Logan, Utah-based cult..." "She asserts that she was raped, photographed for sadomasochistic pornography, and forced to undergo three abortions, among other indignities. Teal was able to escape from Mr. X as well as the cult when she was 19 years old." She also claims to have seen children being burned to death as human sacrifices.

Can find no info on her being a member of the US Telemark ski team. She has self-published a book [1]. References come from self publishing sites Amazines.com and ezinearticles.com. Only news source I could find is a Logan Herald Journal article. Here is Scott's rebuttal letter to the editor. Bgwhite (talk) 07:26, 14 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Utah-related deletion discussions. —Bgwhite (talk) 07:31, 14 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. —Bgwhite (talk) 07:31, 14 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. —Bgwhite (talk) 07:31, 14 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. This is a non-notable charlatan (as opposed to any number of notable charlatans) who has a vanity-press book out, and thus fails WP:BK and WP:AUTHOR. Qworty (talk) 08:35, 16 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. The subject's "claim to fame" is as an author and on this she fails WP:AUTHOR. Her book fails WP:BOOK and the event she is associated with fails WP:EVENT. Lack of significant coverage in independent reliable sources all around fails WP:GNG. Location (talk) 17:13, 17 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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