Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Charles D. Alexander (minister)

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The result was speedy deleted under WP:CSD#G12 as a copyright violation by Charles Matthews. GRBerry 13:06, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Charles D. Alexander (minister)

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Completely unsourced ~~BLP~~biography; tagged since Aug 2008 with no improvement. I searched, and all I could find were copies of this article (mirrors and clones). No clear assertion of notability. KillerChihuahua^?!?Advice 13:29, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete mostly per nom, but is it still BLP if the subject has been dead nigh on 20 years? --King Öomie 13:36, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I plead not enough coffee. I *thought* "bio" and *wrote* "BLP". Mea culpa. KillerChihuahua^?!?Advice 13:39, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Well, there is SOME leeway on the actual "living" aspect, I just wasn't sure how much :P --King Öomie 13:52, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - unreferenced, no traces of references I can find and as such a failure of WP:BIO. Ironholds (talk) 13:44, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. No sign of any notability. Fails WP:BIO. SNALWIBMA ( talk - contribs ) 13:50, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: no sources, no articulation of notability, and a rather muddled biography to boot. Hrafn^Talk_Stalk^(P) 16:43, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: despite my tendency to be sympathetic to Scotch Scousers, verification of notability sorely needed. . . dave souza, talk 21:53, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. Thryduulf (talk) 17:22, 15 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions. Thryduulf (talk) 17:22, 15 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. A Google Books search for "Bible Exposition Fellowship" does, in fact, turn up about two dozen pamphlets on different theological topics by Rev. Alexander. There are assertions in the article that these publications caused "controversy" and "outrage in many quarters", which if they could be verified in reliable sources might make a case for notability, at least within the world in which this sort of material is read. Unfortunately I can't find any such verifications meeting the requirements of WP:RS. It may not be surprising that this sort of material, decades old and mainly significant within a specific religious community,, is not easily found on the web, but that's where we are: an interesting article that describes a possibly notable person, but no reliable sources found to verify it.--Arxiloxos (talk) 19:07, 15 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
My opinion is much like that of Arxiloxos. In as much as he died in 1991, and apparently retired from ministry in 1978, I don't expect to find much online. What I quickly find doesn't persuade me one way or the other. However, regardless of the amount of sourcing, the history of this article starts[1] with a version that is a copyright violation of [2]. That page shows a date of October 2000, while our article was created in late 2007. So, speedy delete under WP:CSD#G12. I've flagged the article accordingly. GRBerry 19:40, 15 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.