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The result was delete. Xymmax ^{So let it be written} _{So let it be done} 18:25, 18 March 2019 (UTC) reply

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While well-written, article fails WP:GNG and WP:JOURNALIST. Sources include an obituary in the New Orleans Times-Picayune cited nine times, a passing reference at Office of the State Inspector General of Louisiana's website, a Minden Press-Herald article mentioning Lynch, a deadlink to a Hall of Fame for the small town of Winnfield, Louisiana and a site that simply proves his son exists. Penale52 ( talk) 16:41, 11 March 2019 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Icewhiz ( talk) 17:02, 11 March 2019 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Journalism-related deletion discussions. Icewhiz ( talk) 17:02, 11 March 2019 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Louisiana-related deletion discussions. Icewhiz ( talk) 17:02, 11 March 2019 (UTC) reply

• Delete google only finds one more short obit, and the obit cited is a wikilink. Other sources are, or have titles that imply they are, passing mentions. -- Danski454 ( talk) 18:57, 11 March 2019 (UTC) reply
• Delete Like most Billy Hathorn articles, incredibly weak sourcing is used to try to establish notability when notability simply just isn't there. Best, GPL93 ( talk) 19:50, 11 March 2019 (UTC) reply
• Delete. Billy Hathorn genuinely, but wrongly, thought that as long as you could find one published obituary in the person's local media, that obituary all by itself conferred an automatic GNG pass that exempted them from actually having to pass NPOL at all — and thus as soon as that obituary was cited, you were allowed to rely on garbage sourcing for literally everything else. Needless to say, that's not how it does (or ever did) work: local figures get local obituaries all the time for reasons that fall below our notability standards, so the way to make a person notable enough for an article requires a lot more than just an obituary. Bearcat ( talk) 17:42, 13 March 2019 (UTC) reply
• Delete. Well written article but does not meet WP:GNG, Alex-h ( talk) 22:16, 15 March 2019 (UTC) reply

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