Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/George Symons (sailor)

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Jovanmilic97 (talk) 19:43, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

George Symons (sailor)[edit]

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Does not meet GNG; subject has received very little RS coverage. –dlthewave ☎ 18:53, 22 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep There's plenty of coverage and so the subject passes the WP:GNG. Andrew D. (talk) 21:54, 22 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 21:55, 22 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I cant see anything in the article that makes him noteworthy for a stand-alone article. MilborneOne (talk) 23:29, 22 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Much coverage. ——SerialNumber54129 13:31, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Symons' role in the disaster was controversial at the time, which is not well represented in the current article. There has also been recent coverage of him, with his niece trying to clear his name [1] and [2]. Symons is a key character in a 2012 dramatization of the British Wreck Commissioner's Inquiry [3], [4] and [5]. The article needs improving, so it focuses more on his role, the focus on him during the inquiry and recent renewed coverage, and less about three brothers running into each other during WWI, which he is definitely not notable for. RebeccaGreen (talk) 16:19, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep. Borderline one, this, but the disaster has been written about so often that I think one of the crew in charge of a lifeboat is probably just notable. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:32, 29 November 2018 (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.