Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marc Bourdages

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was Delete. (aeropagitica) 11:09, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Marc Bourdages

WP:NOT "Wikipedia is not the place to honor departed friends and relatives. Subjects of encyclopedia articles must have a claim to fame besides being fondly remembered." Another man, Curtis Dagenais, was "accused of the murder of two RCMP officers and the attempted murder of another." The Curtis Dagenais article was nominated for deletion on July 2006 and the result of the discussion was keep. Marc Bourdages, besides being one of Curtis's alleged victims, is not notable per WP:BIO. Prod remover claims notability, but as of writing, no sources for notability have been posted. Delete ~a (user • talk • contribs) 19:14, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per WP:V, WP:BIO, & WP:NOT as cited in nomination.--Isotope23 20:12, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete When this subject was alive, he did not achieve anything noteworthy (with due respects). Although the information in the article is verifiable, Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. Moreover, a google search shows about 5 unique hits and his death did not make it into international news. (although his death was reported in local news. Moreover, in my personal point of view, it is fairly common for police officers to be shot while on duty. This is not a rare event as well. --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 20:27, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. This was national news in Canada, and killings of police officers in Canada are still relatively infrequent. --TruthbringerToronto (Talk | contribs) 20:42, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Question - If it was national news, then why hasn't anyone found reliable sources (where Bourdages is the main subject of the article) for his notability? ~a (user • talk • contribs) 03:15, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per above. Wryspy 19:23, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. I found this article because I looked it up when I read the news story, and I'm in the UK not Canada. Stephen Turner (Talk) 19:45, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

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