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The result was delete. For posterity/due diligence, checked the three listed sources as well. Does not appear in Newport Revisited or Edith Wharton's Social Register, and the third book does not appear in WorldCat. czar 02:57, 4 October 2020 (UTC)
Laura Jane Barney
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The article is about Laura Jane Barney who, apparently, married a son of the financier Charles Barney (though, except for various wikis, no source seems to exist for this) and none of the other stuff on this page is verifiable. Possible hoax (a New York socialite never mentioned in The NY Times -impossible!), possible non-notable individual. Either way, unless sources can be found, it should be deleted RegentsPark ( comment) 22:08, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 07:48, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 07:48, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
- Delete as a hoax unless some reliable evidence of her existence is uncovered. I can't find anything. pburka ( talk) 18:13, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
- Delete The creator had about a dozen edits, almost all of them either of this page or of the Barney Page. We really need to stop allowing people to create articles with under 50 edits. Actually, we really should make all new articles go through AfC, but in either case the current system is not working. Hoaxes should not last for 13 years. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 19:32, 2 October 2020 (UTC)
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