Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aidan Burke

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The result was delete. Daniel (talk) 00:09, 4 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Aidan Burke[edit]

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Non-notable civil servant and letter writer. In terms of:

WP:NBIO, the claim(s) to notability seem to be "civil servant who wrote essays and corresponded with notable people". I do not see how this claim would meet any applicable criteria.
WP:SIGCOV, the sources in the article (being the only sources I can find anywhere even after WP:BEFORE) are variously non-significant or unreliable. Specifically, the:

Findagrave source doesn't contribute to notability. (A significant majority of deceased people have graves. 180 million of which are recorded on that site. Such an entry doesn't support notability. And, per WP:FINDAGRAVE-EL, isn't considered reliable to support the content either.)
Meath Chronicle source doesn't contribute to notability. It is just a death notice. A form of small ad. For those without access to the Meath Chronicle archives, it appears in the classifieds in the Saturday edition of 17 October 1981. It reads: "BURKE (October 5th 1981) Aidan P., 15 St. Endas Villas, Navan; much loved husband and beloved father of Yyon-Fergal and Nadine; funeral mass on Wednes 21 October, 1981 to St. cemetery. after con-Mass in St. Marys". That is all.
Irish Times source is about the only that could reasonably be considered contributory to notability. For those without access to the Irish Times articles, I have extracted a snapshot here and here. It is a lovely piece that is clearly written by a friend or acquaintance of the subject. But is hardly SIGCOV.

Otherwise, as with other articles created by this editor (who seems intent on creating articles on everyone in the extended Burke family of Drogheda) it clearly falls within the scope of WP:NOTMEMORIAL, WP:NOTINHERITED and WP:NOTGENEALOGY. Guliolopez (talk) 16:54, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ireland-related deletion discussions. Guliolopez (talk) 17:03, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Thanks for posting the details of the references, that is helpful - and interesting, in the case of the Irish Times piece. I agree that there is no sign of significant coverage or any claim to notability. My own search picked up his school leaving destination in the Drogheda Argus and Leinster Journal in 1951, but nothing that comes anywhere close to supporting notability. Tacyarg (talk) 17:30, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Fails any standards of notability. Bog standard, run of the mill, ordinary civil servant. Yet another, 'all my ancestors are notable and I will create articles for them on Wikipedia' special by JBurke2005. Spleodrach (talk) 07:36, 29 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Per Nom and Spleodrach. Being "probably the only genuine Irish philosopher of his generation", supported by an obituary of the newspaper that he contributed to, does not advance notability. -- Otr500 (talk) 11:44, 1 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: I looked quite hard for sources of information about the man, but could find nothing other than the Irish Times obituary cited above. On its own, this does not meet a standard of notability. If he was a senior member of the Irish Civil Service, I could find no record of it, though the expression "civil servant" could have other meanings. Fiachra10003 (talk) 18:47, 3 August 2021 (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.