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Prescott Currier (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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He was a World War II cryptography lieutenant, but I see no substantiation for the unsourced claim that he "played a major role in the Cryptanalysis of the Enigma". There are passing mentions, which fail to satisfy WP:GNG. Clarityfiend (talk) 21:59, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Military, Maine, and Massachusetts. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 02:20, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Patrick Quinlan (author) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Author and onetime political candidate. Doesn't seem to have received a great deal of coverage, and the article reads like a promotional bio you'd find on his website. BottleOfChocolateMilk (talk) 20:44, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Authors and New York. Shellwood (talk) 22:00, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politicians and Maine. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 00:04, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per WP:GNG multiple trusted sources found.𝒮𝓎𝓃𝒸-!⃝
• Keep per GNG. An article's quality is not a factor at AFD.--User:Namiba 12:56, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. The article needs cleanup, but the subject passes WP:NAUTHOR criteria 3 as the author ofa significant or well-known work or collective body of work that has beenthe primary subject of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews. Reviews of Smoked in The Times, The Guardian, The Independent, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, The LA Times (part interview), The Mail on Sunday, Entertainment Weekly and the Birmingham Post. Reviews of The Takedown in The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Financial Times, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews and The Derby Evening Telegraph. Review of The Drop Off in The Australian. I haven't done a search for his other books, but I think those reviews are enough to pass NAUTHOR (although I'm not really sure how the subject could pass GNG...) MCE89 (talk) 13:15, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Article needs to be substantially rewritten, but the subject does pass WP:GNG. Leonstojka (talk) 10:24, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Matthew C. Jacobson (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Businessman and onetime political candidate whose main claim to fame is that he used to lead a nonprofit that doesn't have a Wikipedia page. I can't find any news coverage of him since his 2010 campaign, not that he ever really received any in-depth coverage to begin with. BottleOfChocolateMilk (talk) 20:43, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Businesspeople and Maine. Shellwood (talk) 22:01, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 00:05, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - for a BLP, there is an awfully lot of information that isn't sourced is is poorly sourced. Bearian (talk) 20:48, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Gabe Hoffman-Johnson (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Fails WP:SPORTSPERSON. The coverage is primarily about the team he helped found, not Hoffman-Johnson himself. Information about the team can be easily merged to that article (if it isn't there already). User:Namiba 15:59, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Football, and Maine. User:Namiba 15:59, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. GiantSnowman 18:12, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to Portland Hearts of Pine as possible search term. GiantSnowman 18:15, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge/redirect to Portland Hearts of Pine – The article even has reliable sources, but they all refer to Hearts of Pine club. Svartner (talk) 11:02, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

List of mayors of Auburn, Maine (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Seems to fail NLIST, and most of its subjects seem to fail NPOL. Auburn isn't so prominent that this article is necessary either. -Samoht27 (talk) 20:17, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Politicians, Lists of people, Politics, United States of America, and Maine. -Samoht27 (talk) 20:17, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge into Auburn, Maine, perhaps as a collapsible table. - --Enos733 (talk) 20:50, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge into Auburn, Maine per above, small city under 25,000 that does not need a separate list Yoblyblob (Talk) :) 13:55, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge I agree this would be more useful as a merge. This is a small city and does not warrant its own page, but this information should not be deleted either. Perhaps it can have its own section under "Notable People" on the Auburn, Maine page. Gjb0zWxOb (talk) 16:22, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment/question: Why publish a stand-alone Wikipedia article for a local shopping mall but not for a list of city mayors? -- M2545 (talk) 17:27, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  The fact that other articles exist doesn't mean that we should keep this one, plus, maybe we might not want to keep that shopping mall article either. -Samoht27 (talk) 20:28, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge and redirect, The merge should be done and this title could be redirected as already mentioned to Auburn, Maine.Iljhgtn (talk) 06:35, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]