Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bengt Helldal

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The result was redirect. W.marsh 00:25, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bengt Helldal

Contested prod. Insufficiently notable as has done nothing except for exist QuiteUnusual 10:05, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. MER-C 11:12, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Keep until decease. Notability is likely asserted for the current status as oldest man in Sweden.--Húsönd 13:59, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
• Redirect to Living national longevity recordholders. He's already mentioned there, and that seems to be all there is to say about him. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 14:17, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. They may have done nothing except exist, but the popularity of the Guinness Book of Records proves that such people are of interest to many and therefore notable. -- Necrothesp 01:35, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete and redirect to Living national longevity recordholders. This man has no notability except his age. bbx 09:21, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. No matter how long you live, you'd better do something interesting in order to attract enough editors that your article can be competently reviewed. --M@rēino 23:43, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment. In that case, you'd better also nominate the article on Robert Pershing Wadlow. He never did anything notable apart from being the tallest man in history, which was presumably just an accident of nature. Is there a difference? -- Necrothesp 01:25, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
  • The difference is that Wadlow was #1 in the world. This guy is just #1 in a particular nation -- making his existence a hundredfold less notable. Every country is going to have a #1. But they add nothing to the conversation. --M@rēino 15:46, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
    • You misunderstand. I was answering your assertion that you need to do something interesting in order to get an article. Wadlow did nothing interesting except grow, just as this chap has done nothing interesting except live. The fact he was the tallest man in the world and Helldal is only the oldest man in Sweden is irrelevant according to your own logic. -- Necrothesp 20:06, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
• Redirect per Starblind. Being the oldest living man in Sweden is notable, but a one-sentence article is better in a list; also note that when he dies, what is left? "Was once the oldest living man in Sweden?" Compare the Wadlow article which has scads of details, photos, and coverage by independent sources. AnonEMouse ^(squeak) 15:54, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

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