Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert E. Odlum

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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. Singularity 04:40, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Robert E. Odlum

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Being the first to jump off a bridge does not make you notable enough for an encyclopedic article. Information should be included only in Brooklyn Bridge article, not seperate. •Malinaccier• T/C 22:57, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete - Nothing in this article isn't already included in the Brooklyn Bridge article. In any case, this early Darwin award attempt does not make the man notable. —Travistalk 23:16, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Already described in the Brooklyn Bridge article, although I hesitate to encourage others to be the first to jump off other notable high places in hopes of becoming famous. Pending a check of the newspapers for that year and afterwards to see how much coverage he got; maybe he gained some notability, although it would run contrary to my view that a newsworthy event, especially a stunt like that, is not always encyclopedic. Steve Brodie claimed to have taken the same leap and lived, but nay-sayer claim it was a dummy that went off the bridge. Edison 23:42, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
  • delete fails notability, SqueakBox 23:42, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete, seems like a stretch to make the first suicide off a particular structure a basis of notability. A remarkable suicide, perhaps, but there's nothing special about this one. There are hundreds of potential structures here. First guy to jump off the Woolworth Building? There must have been somebody ... --Dhartung | Talk 03:29, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Brooklyn Bridge is iconic, as is jumping off it--as the first really famous large city bridge. I'd include him. My Proquest connection to the NYTimes is not working today. DGG (talk) 21:45, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
    • Yes, but if you check the bridge's article, you will see that almost the exact information in this article is included there. So, why keep a stub which simply duplicates existing information? —Travistalk 00:36, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. Bearian 18:47, 17 August 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.