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Waleed Shaalan

Individual with single instance of notability related to Virginia Tech massacre. Wikipedia is not a memorial. Please see similar AfD for Ryan C. Clark. UnfriendlyFire 05:29, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per norm. I'm sure we are going to have days of WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS and WP:FISHING and in my case, accusations of Islamophobia. Gdo01 05:39, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, being the victim of a crime like this is tragic, but it doesn't make you notable. Wikipedia is not a memorial. Lankiveil 06:08, 21 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]
KEEP, Since we are not debating on removing other victims pages, we should keep this one also. It is unfair to all wikipedia users and people to delete some victims pages but not others. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Biobiz (talk • contribs) 06:29, 21 April 2007 (UTC). — Biobiz (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

Comment - Yes, we are. Emily Hilscher is up for deletion and Ryan Clark's article was redirected to the main article. See my original nomination. UnfriendlyFire 06:51, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - And on all those others I'll be !voting delete too unless they can show WP:N aside from the incidental fact of where they died - iridescenti (talk to me!) 18:06, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete -- not notable, according to WP:BIO regs. Not a memorial, etc. Pablosecca 08:47, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
'Keep' - he is completely notable on the basis of his publications, his honours and awards, regardless of his attachment to Virginia Tech. Far more notable than the pornstars, cartoon characters and garage bands that that grace WP. Gillyweed 11:50, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What "publications...honours and awards"? The current version of the article details no such items. Are the unmentioned items sufficient to pass WP:PROF (I know he's not a professor but the argument seems to be based on academic accomplishments and merits)? --ElKevbo 18:44, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Goodness - what happened here? I ended up on the wrong AfD. When I clicked on the 'holocaust surviving professor' I got sent to this page... Was that some sort of vandalism? I'm quite confused. Delete

Delete - do we really have to go through this process 32 times? A biography can be "built" around anyone with enough effort. The victims, individually, were generally NOT notable. WWGB 15:14, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Aside from a couple of the faculty members who at least warrant a discussion over their academic achievements, these victims were students and by definition hadn't had time to accomplish anything. I look forward to seeing a page for every soldier killed in WW2 by the logic the "keep" voters are using - iridescenti (talk to me!) 18:06, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom, wikipedia is not a memorial. Stubbleboy 18:19, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. --ElKevbo 18:42, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep what is not notable about standing up to one of the worst murderers in American history? Wikipedia isn't a memorial but it does tell things as they are. Not every soldier in World War II was notable in such a way. This man's position was proven by eye-witness accounts. He has been featured in media reports which not every soldier in every war has. To compare this to World War II is ridiculous! --DevelopedMadness 18:46, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. per DevelopedMadness. --Neo-Jay 19:18, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per standard Notability guidelines. This person is not notable aside from the fact that he was a victim in the murders. Kntrabssi 19:27, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and merge with main article Virginia Tech Massacre, the VT students (including emily, ryan) are not yet notable with publications, honours, awards. However, the individual pages of VT faculty / professor victims should be kept (ref librescu, loganathan, granata). Chaerani 21:35, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete; content contained within parent article; violates WP:NOT (WP is not a memorial site) --Mhking 22:13, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and redirect to main article per Chaerani. Rockpocket 23:36, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge with Virginia Tech Massacre, as should happen for all victim articles. Even though Wikipedia is not a memorial, a section on the victims could contribute to the article. --KaufmanIsAwesome 01:31, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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 *'''Delete'''; content contained within parent article; violates [[WP:NOT]] (WP is not a memorial site) --[[User:Mhking|Mhking]] 22:13, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
 *'''Delete and redirect to main article''' per [[User:Chaerani|Chaerani]]. [[User:Rockpocket|<font color="green">Rockpock</font>]]<font color="black">e</font>[[User_talk:Rockpocket|<font color="green">t</font>]] 23:36, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
+*'''Merge''' with [[Virginia Tech Massacre]], as should happen for all victim articles.  Even though Wikipedia is not a memorial, a section on the victims could contribute to the article. --[[User:KaufmanIsAwesome|KaufmanIsAwesome]] 01:31, 22 April 2007 (UTC)