Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christopher Hamilton
Obviously if the details were true he would pass , but that's precisely why I always point out that the notability test is not passed by what the article ''says'', but by how well the article is ''referenced'' to |reliable sources which ''properly'' verify that the things it says are ''true''. People can and do try to insert lies into Wikipedia all the time, so just ''claiming'' passage of a notability criterion still doesn't exempt a person from having to have real sources. Obviously, if better sources can be found in the future to prove that he really existed, then an article could be recreated at that time — but there's enough doubt about this that the burden of proof would fall on the (re)creators rather than the gainsayers, and I won't be holding my breath in the meantime
— User:Bearcat, 13:12, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:NPOL||WP:RS (Wikipedia:Notability)