Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John D. Curnow

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The result of the debate was Delete --Allen3 talk 19:55, July 22, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] John D. Curnow

Appears to be not notable at all. I can't find anything about him on Google. --Hottentot

  • Delete. Probably a hoax. Gwk 21:49, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, hoax/unverifiable. Dcarrano 01:17, July 12, 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete notability unverified. --Etacar11 01:23, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. Unable to find any sources with google. Unverified. Sjakkalle (Check!) 09:20, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
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It's very hard to find out how a person is to defend themselves in Wikipedia. This may be the wrong place, and if it is I'm sorry. My name is John D Curnow and I'm not a hoax, as one person suggested. I was one of the first people to record bird songs in the midwest. My tapes were sold by the Audubon Camp here in Wisconsin. The NASCO Corp of Fort Atkins, WI sold my tapes to high schools all over the US and Canada for ten years. A copy of my book "Plant Communities - Ecological Studies Of The Upper Midwest" was copyrighted and sent to the Library Of Congress. I was also awarded the outstanding alumni award from the University Of Wisconsin-Platteville and I did teach from 1951 - 1999. I may not be important enough to be found in Google and I can accept that, but I'm certainly not a hoax! John D Curnow

  • As the closing admin, I can say that the discussion was fairly straight forward on this article. The deletion policy does have a provision for cases were verification is provided after a debate has occured. If you are able to cite appropriate references to back up the article then please request an undeletion of the article at WP:VFU, including your references as part of the request. --Allen3 talk 16:45, 26 September 2005 (UTC)