Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Kiriakou

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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 Rredirected to Waterboarding. BLACKKITE 00:58, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] John Kiriakou

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Delete a witness WP:NOT#NEWS and WP:BLP1E. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 02:27, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete. At this point, there is no reason to regard Kiriakou any more notable than any of his peers. It is too soon to start an article on him: he was on the news just yesterday and may be forgotten in a week or two. WP:BLP1E. --Blanchardb-MeMyEarsMyMouth-timed 02:40, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Redirect to Waterboarding. Premature yet, and his role in the disclosure of waterboarding use after the imminent unprotection of that article will be added in. Redirect to waterboarding. Lawrence Cohen 20:34, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Do Not Delete. In regards to the BLP1E and WP:NOT#NEWS references, "such as for a particular relatively unimportant crime..." hardly applies. The allegations in question refer to, perhaps, the greatest crimes the White House has ever committed. And "Routine news coverage and matters lacking encyclopedic substance, such as announcements, sports, gossip, and tabloid journalism, are not sufficient basis for an article." again, does not apply to this story. Deletion, if it is called for, can wait, surely. Scmdn (talk) 16:49, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
Except that at this point, Kiriakou is known only for spilling these beans and nothing else. Redirect to Waterboarding, and we can always just turn around and expand it out if his notability grows more. I suggested you review Talk:Waterboarding, which is better suited to coverage of what you seem to be interested in. Lawrence Cohen 16:34, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep definitely notable enough to merit inclusion in Wikipedia. Perspicacite (talk) 04:27, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Redirect to Waterboarding, per WP:BLP1E Secret account 22:36, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge with Waterboarding ... I'll start the process. Bearian (talk) 01:02, 20 December 2007 (UTC) Boy, am I good. You may now erase and redirect. Bearian (talk) 01:06, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Redirect to Waterboarding unless we get more information on the person or he become more notable for his continued media presence. Remember (talk) 18:38, 20 December 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.