Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jason Robertson

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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 Keep. Hut 8.5 10:55, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jason Robertson

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No real assertion of notability. Tossing for AFD instead of A7 speedy in case I am missing something. TexasAndroid 21:28, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

  • Weak delete There may be more to this, there may not be. I found this, but I'm not 100% on how important this case was in the history of AIDS-related events. I'd be willing to hear other arguments.--Sethacus 21:59, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak keep A news search brings up quite a lot of results, and they're spread out over 1988, 1992, and 2003. They're nearly all pay-per-view, but this AP story claims that "Robertson's struggle made him a symbol of the fight against AIDS discrimination". He won a legal battle to be able to attend regular classes, and while he wasn't the first (that would seem to be Ryan White, whom he befriended), it looks like there's enough coverage to say his case was of enough significance to justify an article. Thomjakobsen 22:20, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletions. —Espresso Addict 22:24, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak keep, per news stories found by Thomjakobsen. He also has a brief obituary at The Body, one of the major HIV/AIDS patient sites: [1]. Espresso Addict 22:51, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep as passing WP:BIO and per above sources found by others. Stub that can be improved and expanded. Bearian 13:56, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. I'd like to see some more sources, but this guy seems to be relatively important. - Che Nuevara 20:48, 18 October 2007 (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.