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provided every single detail is meticulously verified and no non-notable details are left behind. (That's always a good practice.) This may never amount to more than a small stub and would perhaps be more suited to a few sentences in a larger list of child prodigies. Do a google search for gregory
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though I'm sure the BLP1E argument will arise. This is an individual who was widely feted a few years ago when he entered college aged 10 and graduated aged 13, even appearing on NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw to announce his next move. Finding coverage is trivially
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and leave this as a redirect, in lieu of a "full" biography for someone who is only just old enough to vote. --
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notability is permanent. But the article is really a mess in almost every respect.
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