Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ahmed al-Khatib

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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. Srikeit 20:33, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ahmed al-Khatib

Ahmed al-Khatib (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

Wikipedia is not a memorial site. Nor is it a record of things that appeared briefly in the newspapers. Unless the is a record of ongoing noteworthiness, then please delete this. -Docg 14:32, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Keep Article has adequate references, a search on Google seems to indicate this is rather more noteworthy than something that appeared briefly in the newspapers Lurker 15:47, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Can you give evidence for that? Some discussion of it a year later, for instance? Simply mentioning Google doesn't give any evidence.--Docg 16:06, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete WP:NOT#Indiscriminate, WP:BLP. Both make it clear that "biographies" based on a single news incident are not the way to go. If this case is of lasting historical or cultural significance it can be recorded under the case, otherwise it belongs in WikiNews. Guy (Help!) 10:03, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per Doc. While a touching news story, there is no evidence of the subject's ongoing notability, and does not belong on Wikipedia. - Tangotango (talk) 10:24, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Palestine-related deletions. --   ⇒ bsnowball  10:46, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
  • keep pretty obvious given the attention it got at the time  ⇒ bsnowball  10:46, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - per nom. I see no lasting notability here, and no need to sensationalise the plight of a victim. ++Lar: t/c 11:11, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - not notable. violet/riga (t) 12:23, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete, straightfoward under Biographies of living persons (BLP). --Tony Sidaway 14:10, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
  • "...shot in Jenin on November 3, 2005..." Prolog 15:28, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, meets all relevant standards. --badlydrawnjeff talk 14:16, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment what is the different between the article at hand and this one: Danny Katz? --Abnn 14:28, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment I've nominated the other one for deletion as well. --Abnn 14:36, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete although it may be possible to write an article on the event instead of the person. Phil Sandifer 14:30, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Not a biography, instead a memorial. No evidence of broader encyclopedic interest. FCYTravis 17:17, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep The article needs considerable improvement, including Wikification, and the lede should mention the organ donation, which is what makes al-Khatib's death notable. Also, I think the fact that the Speaker of the Knesset commented on it adds to its notability. In response to some of the previous comments, I would point out that "Notability ... does not expire." — Malik Shabazz (Talk | contribs) 20:01, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
  • merge or delete - NN. --Shuki 10:38, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge - while the article may fail WP:BIO notability, a brief description of the notable event should be merged somewhere, though I'm not quite sure where. Suggestions? TewfikTalk 04:17, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
No, have you?--Docg 08:14, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Policy says Wikipedia is not a memorial. If Danny Katz doesn't stay in, how can this? Nick mallory 15:50, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. This has nothing to do with being a memorial. Rather, this was an extremely notable case where a Palestinian boy was shot by Israeli soldiers and his organs were donated to Israelis. That got a lot of attention at the time, as shown by the references. In long, ongoing conflicts marked by faceless killings, body counts, and passing mentions on the nightly news, some individual deaths stand out. Ahmed al-Khatib is one of those. --JJay 21:00, 2 June 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.