Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Langford Wellman Colley-Priest

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The result was keep. Spartaz ^Humbug! 09:36, 25 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Langford Wellman Colley-Priest[edit]

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Fails WP:GNG as well as WP:SOLDIER. Lettler^hello 22:34, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete clearly fails WP:SOLDIER and I'm not convinced that being eaten by a shark meets WP:GNG. Mztourist (talk) 06:10, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - meets GNG given there is significant coverage of him in indepedent sources (remembering that he should be assessed on the sources available at the time of his life, not now. Deus et lex (talk) 01:43, 19 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Three newspaper stories of him being eaten by a shark, one about him being awarded the medal and an account he wrote himself are the sources available at the time of his life, I don't regard that as WP:SIGCOV. Mztourist (talk) 11:05, 19 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - They are substantively on the subject, are independent and are multiple sources. That's enough to meet the policy. Deus et lex (talk) 04:41, 20 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. There's three stories about his life and his ... death (I was not expecting that last line in the lead). That's easily WP:SIGCOV. This is the sort of article that ends up on the WP:DYK section. Bearian (talk) 01:21, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This meets WP:GNG requirements. Capt. Milokan (talk) 21:03, 24 July 2020 (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.