Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Richard Ballard
ping|Billy Hathorn}} False claims in paid obituaries take place. Here is an examplehttp://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dispatch/obituary.aspx?pid=171928557. A baseball player's family claiming he was the #1 pick. Unfortunately the first draft of baseball players 1965 Major League Baseball draft|took place after their relative had already 1964 St. Louis Cardinals season|appeared in the majors. A more famous case, is the man who claimed to be the ex major leaguer Bill Henryhttp://www.theledger.com/article/20070905/NEWS/709050475. He had his family and friends fooled. Back to Ballard. If this Judge is notable, there would be something out there with his name on it. A ruling in a case, something. So frankly it appears he either isn't a high ranking judge, or the obituary claims are false. As you should know, paid obituaries fail . There is no evidence of this man's notability
— User:WilliamJE, 13:06, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
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