Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jim Kirwan

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The result was delete‎. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:19, 27 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Jim Kirwan[edit]

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No indication that this person is more significant than the many other people killed in the Irish War of Independence. PatGallacher (talk) 20:45, 20 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Crime, and Ireland. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 21:06, 20 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom, WP:SIGCOV, WP:NVICTIM and WP:1E. Before my own PROD tagging, I found (and subsequently added) a number of sources to support parts of the text. These are the only modern sources, however, I could find and they all deal with the subject's death (somewhat in passing) as part of the reprisals/aftermath of the Headford ambush. Not amounting to significant biographical coverage. The only contemporary (1921) sources I could find only deal with the subject's death - also reported as a matter of fact in the broader context. (For example the Irish Independent of Tue 25 Jan 1921 which refers to "Kirwan (22), of Ballinastack" as "the second victim. His father states that lorries, carrying about 10 men, entered the village at 2.30 p.m., having a machine-gun mounted on one of the cars. Kirwan, who was on the road, was asked where his son, Jim, was....). While there are therefore some contemporary short/news sources which deal with the subject's appalling/sad death, I can find NO sources which deal with the subject's life. So no significant biographical coverage there either. As I can/could not consider any alternatives to deletion (Draftify - to what end? Redirect - to where?) I am left with deletion as the only recommendation. On NVICTIM/SIGCOV/1E grounds. Guliolopez (talk) 10:51, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Non-notable. 900 civilians were killed in the Irish War of Independence alone; how many civilians were killed in conflicts around the world in the same period? The article creator is User:Fergananim, who was notorious for creating stubs on non-notable people of all sorts. Scolaire (talk) 12:35, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Non notable death. Spleodrach (talk) 22:59, 23 June 2023 (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.