Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dustin Douglas Weber

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The result was delete. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 02:50, 29 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dustin Douglas Weber[edit]

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~~WP:BLP1E~~ WP:ONEVENT bio of a person "notable" only for dying. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 23:46, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - per nomination. maucho eagle 23:47, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, however BLP1E is irrelevant as this guy is dead. WP:ONEVENT applies, and is on-point, but nothing in BLP. Aboutmovies (talk) 04:58, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You're right, I wasn't thinking. Duh. Bearcat (talk) 16:47, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - To tell about a person that died? Inappropriate. -Porchcrop ^{(talk|contributions)} 10:20, 24 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not inappropriate, we have many articles on people who have died. --Bill ^{(talk|contribs)} 11:01, 24 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Just to clarify the distinction: we have many articles on people who were notable in life and then died; we do not have many articles on people whose death itself was their primary claim of notability. Bearcat (talk) 15:20, 24 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Certainly understood and agreed. I was commenting on Porchcrop's deletion reasoning that it's not appropriate to have an article about a person that has died. --Bill ^{(talk|contribs)} 18:29, 24 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Bill, I know that there are articles about people that have died, but this article only gives the importance about a person that dies. How is that not inappropriate? Besides, it does not show any notability that conforms to WP:GNG and WP:BIO. -Porchcrop ^{(talk|contributions)} 00:16, 25 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That should have been your reasoning for deletion. It was much better than your original reasoning. --Bill ^{(talk|contribs)} 10:25, 25 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Only notable for a single event. Perhaps sourced content could be merged into the 2011_Tōhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami#Casualties section if it is deemed worthy of inclusion. --Bill ^{(talk|contribs)} 11:01, 24 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Discuss: That is a fine idea Bill. Perhaps some sort of Ann Hodges solution can be found. Rather than deleting the poor woman, only known for being struck by a rock, she has a redirect. Dustin Douglas Weber could redirect to the section on the effects of the 311 tsunami on America. Of course he doesn't actually deserve a paragraph, those should be reserved for characters from Star Wars or Cartoons from the 1960's. But a redirect to the information is an easy solution. That he was reported on twice, worldwide, first for being lost, second for being found, the notability is obvious. And he was from the Yurok Tribe, and is listed as one of two notable people from Yurok. FX (talk) 17:16, 24 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami#Casualties per Bill, with just enough merging (or plain addition of info) that he can be clearly identified as the man already mentioned at the very end of that section. Considered the possibility of deathifying the article (is that even a word?), but it would probably still fail WP:EVENT. Sideways713 (talk) 11:26, 26 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 03:37, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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