Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gladiator Verus

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The result of the debate was keep/cleanup. Article has been moved to Verus (gladiator) and tagged for cleanup. Joyous 18:00, Jan 22, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Gladiator Verus

Context-free, presumably about the character in Gladiator (2000 movie), but nothing worth keeping or rerdirecting. RickK 00:41, Jan 7, 2005 (UTC)

• Keep notable gladiator. Kappa 01:29, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Keep ...but needs major cleanup. Verus was a real person. In fact, at least two real people could be subjects of an article under this title: Verus, a slave/gladiator circa 80AD, and Lucius Verus, an emperor who trained recreationally as both a gladiator and bestiarus about a century later. The article fails to make this clear or much else for that matter, but either of them are encyclopedia-worthy. Strong keep. (oops, forgot to sign this originally) Starblind 09:42, Jan 7, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Poorly written article, but a real and noteworthy subject. Stick a {{cleanup}} on it, but keep it around. RoySmith 02:34, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Keep -- Definitely needs to be cleaned up. DCEdwards1966 02:46, Jan 7, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and cleanup for reasons mentioned above Mgm|^(talk) 09:01, Jan 7, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and cleanup. Not anything to do with the film Gladiator (2000 movie), which was set about a century later, but is one of two Gladiators named in texts referring to the opening of the Flavian Amphitheater. There was a BBC/Discovery Channel co-production based around this character a year or two ago, I believe. Average Earthman 13:01, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Correct. It was called "Colosseum: A Gladiator's Story". It's also been put out on DVD. Starblind 13:40, Jan 7, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Real documented historical figure. --Centauri 13:46, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comment: If it's to be kept, it should be at Verus or Verus (gladiator). RickK 21:36, Jan 7, 2005 (UTC)

• Keep, but needs a cleanup. Megan1967 01:10, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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