Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Charles Breslin

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 no consensus to delete. W.marsh 20:05, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Charles Breslin

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Fails WP:BIO- non notable IRA terrorist- no references- no evidence of him having done anything significant Astrotrain 21:34, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

• Keep. If he wasn't notable, why did the British soldiers kill him? Martyrdom makes notability. --TruthbringerToronto (Talk | contribs) 23:38, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

• I would imagine that the number of persons killed by the British Army runs into the millions. If being killed by the British Army makes a person notable, we better free up some server space. Martyr is POV and OR. Astrotrain 12:46, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Comment, Yes, martyr is POV, and is not mentioned in the article. However, being a member of the IRA who was killed by the SAS under the "shoot to kill" policy and whos family recieved compensation for his unlawful killing is not POV and is indeed notable.--Vintagekits 13:09, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

• Delete not notable Weggie 23:47, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
• Strong Keep. Just read some of the detail of the references that have been added. IRA member who was shot in under the "shot to kill" policy. I will heavily add to the article as soon as I get time but it is getting difficult as Astrotrain is on a crusade and has AfD'ed loads of similar articles at the same time.--Vintagekits 23:51, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep, needs better references though. Stu ^{’Bout ye!} 09:31, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. Article needs expanding and referenced. --Mal 23:48, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
• Weak delete. Just being killed by the British, even under a controversial policy, is not enough to make one notable. Argyriou (talk) 01:25, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete sources do not support notability as they are not independent and non-trivial. Eluchil404 14:21, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

• The New York Times, The Daily Telegraph, An Phoblacht, Irish News, UTV, Northern Ireland Fourm, Politics.co.uk, CAIN - "not independent and non-trivial"--Vintagekits 09:49, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

• These links were being removed from the article, so some users would not have seen them. Tyrenius 19:26, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

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.