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The result was delete. Tone 12:17, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Melvin Burris (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

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Politician. The only evidence of notability being one article in a local newspaper. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 20:59, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per WP:BIO. Inks.LWC (talk) 22:37, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Oklahoma-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:52, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:52, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per WP:POLITICIAN.--Crimsonedge34 (talk) 08:22, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per WP:POLITICIAN, WP:BIO, etc. Note that we may need to revisit this if the subject runs for office again and ends up getting elected, assuming the office is high enough to meet WP:POLITICIAN. UltraExactZZ ^Said ~ Did 14:54, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm new to this so I am not sure how to contribute to this article.. But Melvin Burris is my Uncle and I wanted to do something interesting for the family and create him a wikipedia page, it would be appreciated if you guys would help me gain further knowledge about editing etc. The only reference I could find online so far is a local newspaper article and obituary. Sorry if I have the wrong format for posting this message, i'm a new user. TornEditor (talk) 19:04, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per WP:POLITICIAN and WP:BIO. Sorry, Torneditor, but Wikipedia is not a place for people to write about themselves and their families - for that, there are sites like Myspace and Facebook. Wikipedia is different: it is an encyclopedia, and is quite selective about subjects for articles. I will put some useful links on your talk page. JohnCD (talk) 21:11, 22 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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