Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brendan Smyth

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 keep. — CharlotteWebb 16:53, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Brendan Smyth

Subject does not pass WP:BIO. In addition, the article suffers from WP:NPOV violations (e.g. "This article is about the infamous Northern Irish child molester"), WP:WEASEL violations (e.g. "Many people attribute this decline...") and is almost entirely unsourced. Given that the article has existed for three years, it's well past time for it to be cleaned up to Wikipedia standards, merged into a related article or deleted. Aaron 23:28, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

• Keep and rework - subject is notable. Indeed, subject's case was instrumental in bringing down the Irish Government at one stage. I agree about WP:NPOV, though - it's needs tidying. Note that the subject has also had a book written about him - Alison^✍ 23:48, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep fixed the infamous part, assuming the rest is true, then it's notable enough to remain, though I must confess ignorance as to the details. But hey, I'm not Irish. FrozenPurpleCube 23:59, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep Probably better merged with a generic article on sex scandal in Ireland. Aye-Aye 14:34, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep as it clearly seems notable. Prolog 15:55, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep and rework is notable (Gnevin 11:31, 21 September 2006 (UTC))
• Strong keep and rework. Brendan Smith and the bungling of his extradition to Northern Ireland led to the collapse of an Irish government.--Damac 11:54, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
• Strong keep as per User:Damac. Ian Cheese 21:41, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per the comments above. Yamaguchi先生 05:06, 23 September 2006 (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.