Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Lee Edwards

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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. This person seems not to be notable. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 13:29, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] David Lee Edwards

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Partial winner of a Powerball jackpot, neither encyclopedic nor notable. Delete KleenupKrew (talk) 12:14, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

  • Delete. The only reason this article exists in the first place is because it was created just to disparage the subject. If this was a record payout I think it would have some notability, otherwise, not particularly. WilliamH (talk) 13:36, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Comment: There is some notability in him having apparently gone broke though. WilliamH (talk) 13:39, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Comment I wouldn't go so far as to call it an attack page; basically there is nothing notable about him except winning the lottery and then going on a bender to end all benders. --Dhartung | Talk 19:30, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete; lots of Powerball winners, quite a few of them go broke. Doesn't seem to be anything notable about this one.--Prosfilaes (talk) 13:53, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete. One event notability, non-continuing. -JodyB talk 14:59, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete. Compare with Jack Whittaker (lottery winner), who has been covered over a period of several years by numerous national news services, often with his participation, because he wants others to know what a double-edged sword winning this kind of money can be (among other things, because of the money, his granddaughter became a statistic). --Dhartung | Talk 19:30, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep $27 million is enough. I dont know where we should draw the line, but i think this is above it. DGG (talk) 01:08, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
    • WP:BIG is on the arguments to avoid list. Frankly, lottery winners aren't very notable, even in big amounts; if you're Joe Average, then $27 million doesn't change that.--Prosfilaes (talk) 01:48, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp (talk) 23:15, 29 April 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.