Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frank Purcell

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The result of the debate was delete. Joyous! | Talk 16:43, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Frank Purcell[edit]

Biography that does not meet notability standards. Apparently article has been nominated for deletion twice before, but the tags were removed quickly after placement. I can find no evidence of notability, even the referenced works do not cite Purcell as the author. SteveHopson 18:53, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom, fails WP:BIO. Frankly, looks like a hoax - check of Amazon shows only one possible match from a book published in 1978; external links don't mention him, and I tracked down the Sellwood Moreland Improvement League. The league website doesn't mention him either. I found a couple of hits in photo shows, but nothing to show he's notable in that field either. Tychocat 19:17, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom--Nick Y. 20:56, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Amazon shows one 1978 book by a Frank Purcell, but I don't think it is this Frank Purcell. Doesn't appear notable. KleenupKrew 11:14, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, as the information is not strongly verifiable and is not relevant to other topics covered on Wikipedia. Captainktainer * Talk 21:16, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Abstain, I started this article (okay, looking at the history, I guess I didn't start it, but) it's not a hoax. I can dig up my references if need be. I started it because someone had written are article in which they had put [[Frank Purcell]]. He's local to me, so I started the stub. If he's not notable enough to be in Wikipedia, then fine. --KSnortum 21:34, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

- In http://ncbible.org/nwh/orhistdc.html -- "Our special thanks to Eileen Fitzsimons and Frank Purcell for research assistance on this entry."
- In http://www.history.pdx.edu/oaks/thanks.htm -- "Frank Purcell, Historian at the Sellwood-Moreland Improvement League, offered me a goldmine of photographs from Sellwood's neighborhood association."
- "...special thanks to Bob Schmidt for his excellent service as President, and to Frank Purcell and Brett Baylor for diligent service as Board members, in the past two years. Purcell will continue to serve as a SMILE committee-member." http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/portland/smile/history.html

Okay, maybe he isn't that notable. Do whatever you feel is best. --KSnortum 22:27, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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