Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Patrick Sherry

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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 --JForget 23:52, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Patrick Sherry

Patrick Sherry (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (delete) – (View log)

Notability neither asserted nor established. even his band is redlinked. Delete per WP:NOT#MEMORIAL. Rodhullandemu (Talk) 12:23, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

  • Weak Keep. Yes, the article needs work. But this story was widely covered, even by MTV and the BBC. Also, this article was not created as a Memorial site. Kingturtle (talk) 12:50, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete: this is a tabloid news story about someone who was not famous before he died and will not be famous afterwards. Sad, but Jim Morrison this is not. Guy (Help!) 13:04, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete: individuals made "famous" by one event are not notable. See WP:NOT#NEWS.
    • WP:BIO - Basic criteria states: "If the depth of coverage is not substantial, then multiple independent sources may be needed to prove notability; trivial coverage of a subject by secondary sources may not be sufficient to establish notability." There is no depth of coverage for this person, and his death seems to be trivial coverage by MTV, and BBC seems to be local/regional passing news, in part because the venue at which he performed and the manner of his performances had to be described, indicating he was not well-known.
    • - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 13:26, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp (talk) 14:46, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete, sad as it is, Wikipedia is not a memorial site, and he wasn't famous before his death, and having died doesn't change that. Corvus cornixtalk 17:42, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom - non-notable. Dreamspy (talk) 18:11, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete: not noteable Theshoveljockey (talk) 23:20, 9 April 2008 (UTC)


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