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The result was keep as oldest man ever to live in New York City. Bearian (talk) 20:28, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Carl Berner (supercentenarian)

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I don't see how this article made it past the first AfD discussion. This man was never the oldest in the United States, or the oldest man. He was the oldest man in the Northeastern United States, and the 2nd oldest in New York City (behind Susannah Mushatt Jones. Does this truly qualify one for a Wikipedia article. Also, some users in the first discussion noted that he was a civic activist and toymaker well known in his area. That does not qualify him for a Wikipedia article visible to the world. Ikeepforgettingmyusernameandcre (talk) 02:51, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Germany-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:16, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:16, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Whatever the nominator's status on Wikipedia, this is not a discussion on their credentials. This is a discussion on the notability of Carl Berner about whether he merits an article of his own. I have to agree (Delete) because he was never notable for anything other than being the 2nd oldest American man, and the fifth oldest man at the time of his death. He can be mentioned in a list, but not an article of his own with as much detail as this article has.74.75.219.176 (talk) 07:21, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
His "status" is blocked, as yet another confirmed sock puppet of DogsHeadFalls. This nomination is just a failed, pointy attempt at block-evasion. Stalwart111 07:52, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Carl Berner is not notable because the nominator of this afd is a sock puppet. Likewise, if the nominator was a legitimate user, that is not what would make Berner unnotable either. There is no relation. Berner is not notable independent of whether the nominator is blocked or not, or a sock puppet. If the nominator nominated an article about the 5th cousin of Barack Obama (for no reason other than being the President's cousin), they would be right in nominating it for deletion, whether they are a sock puppet or not. Berner is still not notable enough for anything more than maybe a redirect or a mention in the List of supercentenarians from the United States. I still vote delete74.75.219.176 (talk) 17:42, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
You are welcome to !vote all you like - this was nominated only recently and cosensus determined the subject was notable. Nominating the article again so soon would be considered disruptive even if the nominator were not a sock-puppet. But he is, so we don't even need to bother with arguments about whether this should have gone to WP:DRV instead. Stalwart111 18:08, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Ha ha - I've just had a look at your contributions - you're obviously DogsHeadFalls. LOL, how pathetic. Stalwart111 18:26, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, the range-block happened not to catch that particular one, so fair call. Stalwart111 10:07, 22 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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