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Donna Charles

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Non-notable individual running for public office. Of the ten sources used. She is mentioned in only one that is not her political campaign website. Article does not meet WP:GNG criteria. ThisUserIsTaken (talk) 05:11, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People and Politicians. ThisUserIsTaken (talk) 05:11, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm in agreement Sutapurachina (talk) 05:20, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This is verifiably false. At least three of the citations mention her by name. This deletion would not meet the criteria as she is a public figure. Doc0976 (talk) 06:02, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. There does not appear to be any independent coverage of her outside of passing references. MrTaxes (talk) 06:32, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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TV3 Winchester

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Non-notable cable-only ABC affiliate; only one source; could merge into WHSV-TV. Mvcg66b3r (talk) 03:49, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Television and Virginia. Mvcg66b3r (talk) 03:49, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to WHSV-TV: A remnant of the lower inclusion standards of 2006, when we were more willing to give separate articles to any program service carrying a major US TV network's programming, even if just a subchannel or cable channel (though at least an ABC affiliate with local news was probably more "deserving" than the numerous WB 100+/CW Plus subchannel articles we were also creating back then…) I'm sure there was at least some coverage out there beyond the WJLA deadlink, but I also don't see any reason why any encyclopedic material about this should be in a separate article from WHSV proper. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 19:38, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Baynesville, Virginia

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Prodded by Oona Wikiwalker and deprodded with the statement: "Obviously it meets WP:NGEO; don't prod pages out of ignorance".

Contrary to the deprodder, this article very obviously does not meet WP:GEOLAND as it stands. The only source cited is GNIS, which does not satisfy the requirement for legal recognition and is unreliable. As even the article concedes, this place is "unincorporated", which is to say it is not legally recognised, and as such does not pass GEOLAND#1 and needs to pass WP:GNG.

There is no evidence in my WP:BEFORE that is does. Searches on Google and Newspapers.com show only passing mentions. FOARP (talk) 12:45, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Geography and Virginia. FOARP (talk) 12:45, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment from this book we have "...was a guest this month of Westmoreland State Park, Baynesville, Virginia." Another book says "...Baynesville... are but a few of the place names that today are serviced by Kinsale, Montross, or Colonial Beach post offices; in many cases, only a small marker denotes where these smaller communities once existed." It's not in data.census.gov but is mentioned in old post office books and there's a 1910 postcard. Seems it could have been a smaller settlement that got swallowed by Montross. Not voting, but hopefully this helps our normal GEOLAND voters. --Schützenpanzer (Talk) 14:57, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Neither of these is evidence of legal recognition as required by GEOLAND. Similarly, neither is SIGCv required by GNG.

could support a redirect to Montross if it is part of that. FOARP (talk) 21:15, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy keep, SK#3. Obviously a real, legally recognised place, as can be seen from Schützenpanzer's search results. Nomination rationale doesn't understand what is meant by "legal recognition", among other things. It merely means an unincorporated area, a place that doesn't have its own municipal government. GNIS is reliable for saying "something called X is in place Y"; its problem is that it sometimes lists a community that's actually something else, like a hill or a big farmstead. But it doesn't just invent things, and a quick consultation of this location's USGS quads demonstrates that GNIS is correct here, since it's marked (by a legal entity, the USGS) as a community. Nyttend (talk) 20:48, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
GNIS is explicitly excluded from WP:GEOLAND. “Unincorporated” literally means without legal recognition via incorporation. FOARP (talk) 21:14, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I was able to expand the article using sources from Virginia's Chronicle, NewspaperArchive, the Library of Congress, and the US Postal Service. The history of this village dates to the 1600s, and by the early 1800s, some of the more prominent local residents and structures have appeared in historic sources. This village is less than a mile from George Washington's birthplace, historic mentions date into the 1700s, and there are plenty of significant sources regarding the "Baynesville boys", early postmasters, and early residents. Firsfron of Ronchester 06:15, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Donald L. Ellixson, Jr.

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Non-notable American martial artist. Page is entirely promotional, does not include any reliable sources. Meets WP:PEACOCK. Fails WP:ANYBIO, WP:SPORTSPERSON, WP:NACTOR. Cabrils (talk) 02:42, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Possibly could be kept but moved to draft space for significant revisions...Cabrils (talk) 02:44, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Actors and filmmakers, Sportspeople, Martial arts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 05:12, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and salt What the hell is this mess. Blatant vanity page and COI. The full names of the children are listed? Non-independent sources such his own website Ellixson's Tae Kwon Do Academy. This is one of the most flagrant promotional page I have seen on wiki. Lekkha Moun (talk) 06:56, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete This article is a hodgepodge collection of information that fails to show why its subject is notable. Rank and martial arts halls of fame have never been considered to show WP notability, youtube is not a reliable source, and notability isn't inherited from students (who also don't appear WP notable). Discussions of belt ranks, training videos, and tournaments he didn't compete in also fail to show notability and are irrelevant. At a minimum, this article needs a complete rewrite and likely could be salted without WP losing anything. The vanity and COI aspects of this page are overwhelming. Papaursa (talk) 12:35, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Virginia School Leaders Institute

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Only covered in primary sources, could not find any sufficient coverage in secondary sources.

Deletion may be controversial since the article is linked on Template:Virginia Tech. Not sure where or if this should be redirected/merged ApexParagon (talk) 18:04, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Virginia proposed deletions

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