Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Blair (naval officer)

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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The result was nomination withdrawn following improvements. Non-admin closure. --Dhartung | Talk 06:21, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] David Blair (naval officer)

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Appears to be a hoax -none of the Titanic records that I have reviewed on-line list David Blair as second officer or even a crew member. ukexpat (talk) 00:58, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

On reflection may not be a hoax (was apparently not a crew member during the fateful voyage), but still unreferenced, and therefore does not comply with WP:N, WP:RS and WP:V. – ukexpat (talk) 01:07, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep. A simple google search for "David Blair" Titanic nets plenty of useful results. For examples: [1], [2], and [3]. Add those to the article, and it oughta' be fine. --lifebaka (Talk - Contribs) 01:09, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Strong keep. doesn't seem like a hoax to me. And that last source is from the BBC. As a potentially major part of what happened with the Titanic, I think he goes well beyond our threshold of notability. Celarnor Talk to me 01:10, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment: I have rewritten the article and included some of the references that have been mentioned. Celarnor Talk to me 01:38, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep per above comments. JJL (talk) 02:28, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep per rewrite; clearly notable through coverage in multiple sources, clearly not a hoax. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 02:34, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep per above. /Blaxthos ( t / c ) 02:41, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Merge to RMS Titanic. The key might be of note but the man himself may not be and the article is largely about the key and not the man. --neonwhite user page talk 03:19, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Withdrawn - nice work on the upgrades, I must improve my Gsearches... – ukexpat (talk) 04:13, 20 March 2008 (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.