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The result was delete. RL0919 (talk) 23:49, 20 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ted Thornby[edit]

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A self-published author and self-proclaimed ghost hunter. The majority of the information here is unsourced, and the few references that are included are mostly from non-reliable sources (his own writings, non-notable websites, etc). It seems he did get a few mentions in Fortean Times, but as that is a publication dedicated to fringe paranormal theories, I'm not sure if the coverage from that counts as a reliable source for establishing notability. Searching for additional sources brought up absolutely nothing but mirrors of this article, so I don't see this passing the WP:GNG. Rorshacma (talk) 21:15, 13 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Rorshacma (talk) 21:15, 13 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Paranormal-related deletion discussions. Rorshacma (talk) 21:15, 13 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. Even if the Fortean Times were considered the best source for this article, it seems like there is only passing reference this person. Removing all statements with problematic references in this article bring it into the territory of an unreferenced BLP. Ryan shell (talk) 21:30, 13 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Can't find any RS on this person, and very few non-RS. Doesn't meet WP:AUTHOR or WP:GNG. - LuckyLouie (talk) 21:50, 13 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete fails our guidelines on making sure that fringe figures our covered well with reliable sources before we create an article.John Pack Lambert (talk) 19:10, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, lacks reliable sources, Alex-h (talk) 23:13, 17 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - fails WP:GNG generally and WP:FRINGE specifically. We are not a web-host for ghost hunters (say that three times quickly). Bearian (talk) 15:41, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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