Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tim Arnold

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The result of the debate was no consensus to delete -- Francs2000 | Talk 11:25, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Tim Arnold

Had he not discovered the body of Christa Worthington, he would have been forever obscure. Even so, still not noteworthy. Denni☯ 02:50, 2005 July 23 (UTC)

• Keep published authors are notable. Hamster Sandwich 03:50, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete nn author. JamesBurns 05:09, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment this entry pertains to illustrators, should be included if only to have a more complete record of those who illustrate books. Hamster Sandwich 05:49, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
• Comment Only around 100 hits on Google (searching for "tim arnold" illustrator--"tim arnold" illustration got less). As a counterpoint, a pinball machine collector of the same name gets 600+ hits. Google searches aren't everything, but..unverified noteworthiness. --DNicholls 06:58, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete unless notability as an illustrator is established. I agree with Denni that this article is more about him finding a body. -R. fiend 15:48, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, notability not established. Wile E. Heresiarch 17:59, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. The nomination rather gives it away. The statement "Had he not discovered the body of Christa Worthington, he would have been forever obscure" is true, but seems to be an attempt to overlook or downplay Tim Arnold's main claim to notoriety: that he was for a time a suspect in the case of the murder of Ms Worthington, a prominent fashion writer and journalist, and his former lover. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 18:16, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
  • Many thousands of people have been suspects in crimes involving the slightly famous. I can't imagine they all deserve Wikipedia articles. Denni☯ 18:24, 2005 July 23 (UTC)
  • Comment. I set a very low bar on notability. If someone is likely to want to read about a person, I tend to support such an article. Since I personally found the article interesting, this one sailed easily over the bar. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 19:43, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, redirect to Christa's article. Radiant_>|< 18:58, July 23, 2005 (UTC)
• Comment: Yet again, you cannot have a redirect where there is no article. A redirect must exist as a Wikipedia page, it cannot exist without one. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 20:30, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep as per User:Tony Sidaway or, failing that, merge with Christa Worthington CanadianCaesar 22:25, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. The bar for notability, in my view, should be "Would anyone ever look the guy up?" The answer is clearly yes. Grace Note 05:00, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
• Mmmmmm, hamster sandwich — Err, uh, I mean keep. —RaD Man (talk) 05:19, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Notability not even remotely established. Indrian 18:51, July 26, 2005 (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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.