Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Death of abbas khan

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The result was Keep. Jeffrd10 (talk) 14:38, 22 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Death of abbas khan[edit]

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Unreferenced article of the death of a person, possibly fictional, without a Wikipedia article smileguy91^talk 20:10, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete as no claim of importance under CSD-A7. --Nlu (talk) 20:19, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Claim of significance is overshadowed by notability. I had no difficulty finding dozens of reliable sources. - Mr X 20:34, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Syria-related deletion discussions. - Mr X 20:34, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:08, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep. Death which has been heavily covered in the media and is developing into a major international incident. Definitely notable. Terrible article though. Needs serious work. -- Necrothesp (talk) 23:17, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - and re-write. Bad article not non-notable. Neonchameleon (talk) 23:46, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete CSD-A7 does not apply, and he is not fictitious. This is simply WP:NOTNEWS. It is a tragic case, but do we need an article for the death of every foreigner in a civil war. The Dr visited a war zone, was arrested, and died in prison. This is not notable by wikipedia standards. This is unlikely to have a WP:LASTING effect.Martin451 00:00, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Hardly "died in prison": killed is the word. Although possibly WP:TOOSOON, there has been a great deal of heavyweight coverage of this incident been a lot of heavyweight coverage of this incident, and I believe that the likely diplomatic rpercussions will be significant. That it is an apalling article is neither here nor there.TheLongTone (talk) 00:23, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep -- at least for the moment. If the claims about him are correct, this is a notroious case of murder by a state entity in Syria. There will be an inquest, which will no dount be well reported, as this is a high-profile case in the British media. Peterkingiron (talk) 21:51, 5 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Coffee // have a cup // beans // 18:52, 14 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Classic case of WP:NOTNEWS. Just because he was British doesn't make the subject notable. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 19:07, 14 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - There have been in-depth investigative reports by PBS and other media over a significant time period; this is not a run of the mill case. Bearian (talk) 22:17, 15 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Extremely high profile, notable event. DavidLeighEllis (talk) 01:02, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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