Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Legarston

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The result was delete. --PeaceNT (talk) 08:05, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

John Legarston[edit]

After doing google searches[1][2][3] for all three variants of the name mentioned in the article, I could not find any evidence that this person existed or is notable. Fails WP:V and WP:BIO. Nsk92 (talk) 15:42, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete I wouldn't imagine there to be a lot of Google hits for a pirate who was dead long before computers even existed, but I'm still not seeing much in the way of notability. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 15:50, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Possibly a hoax. Nothing to prove that he even exists, and the vague date is especially suspicious. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 16:16, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

For real historical figures of even marginal notability there would usually be at least a few mentions in some books or history fan sites and google searches usually fish them out. In this case there is nothing at all to indicate that the article is not a hoax. Moreover, "circa 16-18th century" sounds rather suspicious to me. This is a relatively recent period in historical terms (not like, say, 2000 B.C.) where dating by century is not appropriate and where for real historical figures, even the outlaws, some more precise information would be available. Nsk92 (talk) 16:00, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. —Nsk92 (talk) 15:51, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of France-related deletion discussions. —Nsk92 (talk) 16:08, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete for failing to be verifiable. People in the "16th to 18th century" wrote about many pirates. If no reliable sourcese can be found to even pin down a century of his piracy the article should walk the plank. Harrr! Edison (talk) 21:07, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete 16th to 18th century? This just smells like a hoax. Despite a claim of French nationality, the French version of the name is a google null. Ray Yang (talk) 21:51, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Probable hoax based on the (ahem) vague dating and lack of info and sourcing. Edward321 (talk) 02:02, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. If this person were a real pirate, there would at least be a date indicating some point at which he was alive, not just some 300-year range as we have now. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 07:43, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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