Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Schnoebelen (3rd nomination)

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The result was delete. L Faraone 00:20, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

William Schnoebelen

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The bottom line is that we have little to no trustworthy information about this character. We only have information about what he "claims" to have done prior to his "born again" phase, and as with Alberto Rivera, Mike Warnke, and John Todd his life story is almost certainly a forgery. Pure speculation and unverifiable autobiographical claims like these are an awfully thin reed upon which to hang any article, especially a BLP. He may be "popular" among certain fundamentalist circles, but that doesn't equal notability, especially because mainstream (i. e., non-fundy) media haven't written much about him from an objective standpoint. So, I say delete. FiredanceThroughTheNight (talk) 16:14, 1 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Courcelles 23:11, 8 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mediran (t • c) 03:03, 15 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - I reviewed the references, but none of them really establish notability for the subject. I would say it fails WP:ANYBIO in that regard. Red Phoenix ^{build the future...}^{remember the past...} 12:11, 15 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I agree that there is not enough coverage in reliable sources to establish notability. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 11:12, 16 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Who? History2007 (talk) 02:50, 18 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
(Perhaps with regret) delete -- He seems to be a campaigner against certain unorthodox religions, but there seems to be little evidence but his own statements of his biography. I suspect that the statemetns of the degree of penetration of organisations is exaggerated. Peterkingiron (talk) 15:16, 22 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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