Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Harry Whittington

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. Renata (talk) 13:33, 7 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Harry Whittington

Harry is known only for being mistaken for a pidgeon, nothing else. Possibly merge this with the Dick Cheney hunting incident article Fossett&Elvis (talk) 22:30, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Keep Notability does not expire. The incident makes Whittington notable. Doc Strange^MailboxLogbook 00:46, 4 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I agree with PMAnderson there. That even if Dick Cheney didn't shoot Whittington in the face, he would be notable without it. Doc Strange^MailboxLogbook 13:16, 5 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I suppose my problem with that is that the article doesn't appear to address his notability beyond the getting shot in the face bit. If he is notable for other things than surely they should be included in the introduction and in more detail in the article. Jasynnash2 (talk) 13:38, 5 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as the snow falls - You're kidding right? There was tons of media coverage that establishes his notability. Also, as per above, notabilty does not expire. RockManQ (talk) 01:14, 4 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete if he is notable only for One Event than per relevant policies and guidelines he should not have an article of his own and should infact be redirected to the article about the event. If on the otherhand notability is established away from the single event and appropriately referenced for verifiability than that would of course change things. Jasynnash2 (talk) 09:59, 4 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Notability for one incident is intended for the sort of people on whom we would have no information were they not involved in some disaster. But Whittington is the sort of official who would be marginally notable without the incident. With it, he is distinctly notable. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 18:37, 4 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per comments above. Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 03:40, 5 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as subject was the focus of significant news coverage from reliable sources even before the vice president shot him in the face. His fame may come from that one event but his notability had been established well before that. - Dravecky (talk) 04:54, 5 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.