Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ehren Watada

Ehren Watada

Inherently non-notable. He isn't the only one to refuse to serve the U.S. Delete. Brought to AFD rather than speedying straight out as A7 because I wanted to know what others think, I don't want to make a potentially controversial decision. NSL E _(T+C) at 13:24 UTC (2006-06-08) 13:24, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. nn. The article itself states: "nor is his case particularly unique ". Fan1967 13:38, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, the article contradicts itself, I believe there are hundreds of soldiers refusing to serve their country, non-notable, what's special about this? Its just normal. --Ter e nc e Ong 13:46, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Note if this is Afd it may be worth pulling it off Current Events... --User:Firien § 13:47, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Or just un-wikilink the name. Fan1967 13:59, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Keep it This is a current event; at least keep it for a while. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 168.169.60.20 (talk • contribs) 13:49, June 8, 2006.

Comment Wikipedia is not a newspaper, to cover stories of temporary interest. Fan1967 13:55, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Keep Unlike most other conscientious objectors, his case has made the news worldwide, which is not the case for others in a similar position. Both Reuters and AP have picked it up. Google News lists 323 different news sources carrying this story. The "not particularly unique" comment is from a U.S. Army spokesman, hardly an unbiased source. Anything else with this level of news coverage would usually be considered notable; what's the difference here? -- The Anome 14:01, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, nn. Kafziel 14:10, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. article should look like Malcolm Kendall-Smith when finished and not the NPOV fest that is Ben Griffin (former British soldier). -- GWO
Keep He is the first commissioned officer to refuse going to Iraq. Hermeneus (user/talk) 14:14, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
A British lieutenant refused to go last year (BBC). Cynical 14:17, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep he isn't the only one to refuse to go to Iraq, but he is the only one (or at least part of a very small group) to have received such worldwide media attention for doing so. Cynical 14:17, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Making national news is worthy of current inclusion, especially if there is additional press coverage in the next few days/weeks. I believe this deletion vote was called far too early. How can you pass judgement before even seeing the resolution? --Mattarata 15:31, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, the high number of news sources covering him makes him notable. LarryQ 15:32, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Definitely notable. The fact that there are other soldiers doing the same means not that the entry should be deleted, but that an expanded entry should be created.