Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elmer "Scooter" Lowry

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The result was no consensus‎ . No keeps, but nor are there any deletes beyond the nom. No reason not to continue improving Star Mississippi 01:29, 1 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Scooter Lowry[edit]

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Sole claim to notability appears to be that he appeared in a handful of "Our Gang" shorts. Reliable sources are almost non-existent, and the couple that I found just barely mention his name, and that is all. Could easily merge all reliably-sourced information into the Our Gang article in two sentences. Argles Barkley (talk) 15:38, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Actors and filmmakers and New York. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 15:43, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

How about more information about Scooter being a vaudeville performer is added? That Northern Irish Historian (talk) 14:34, 13 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Randykitty (talk) 17:36, 16 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

References 1 and 2 do not look like reliable sources to me. Argles Barkley (talk) 20:14, 22 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I added more references. Also, more information about vaudeville is added. That Northern Irish Historian (talk) 23:29, 26 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 23:33, 23 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I'm bummed there's not more written about this person. Internet forums have been debating when he died and other facts of his life, which shows the lack of available sourcing.--Milowent • ^hasspoken 21:05, 25 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I decided to check some newspaper, and some details are actually revealed. That Northern Irish Historian (talk) 04:01, 27 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You are doing excellent work on this, I hope it is able to be kept. Definitely need a better source for his death than this [1], but I'm not shocked that it is hard to find, since his fame was in his youth.--Milowent • ^hasspoken 12:24, 27 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Most sources say he died in 1989, like [2], [3], [4], and [5]

That Northern Irish Historian (talk) 13:42, 27 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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