Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Victor Rona

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. --Coredesat 04:26, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Victor Rona

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A tragic case, no doubt. But what sets him apart from the countless other victims of WWII? Biruitorul 04:42, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete Tragic indeed, but point has been made. Sadly... --Whsitchy 05:03, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
• Keep This is where I disagree with Wikipedia policy. I think such a person is notable and that Wikipedia is a fitting place for such a piece. I disagree with the idea that every cartoon character, NBA player and episode of Buffy is notable but this person, or a soldier who dies in battle for instance, is not. I realise I'm in the minority and that this article will probably be deleted but here I stand, I can do no other. Nick mallory 05:35, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete as, sadly, another unnotable victim of a horrible, deadly war which killed millions in just such unremarkable ways. I understand the urge to sentimentality, but Wikipedia is not a memorial. --Dhartung | Talk 07:14, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete as above is no different to any of the other millions of people who died in WWII. Davewild 07:51, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per WP:NOT#MEMORIAL. I really don't see what's notable about Rona in the article; An online search reveals little other info about him: 71 Ghits, including copies of the exact same article in several places. Thus, this is speediable per G12 as a blatant copy of the source article, and this one here too. Ohconfucius 08:42, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per WP:NOT#MEMORIAL. I had this page watched to see if any claims of notability turned up. They didn't, so delete.--Jackyd101 09:59, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
• Reluctant delete. The sentimentalist in me wants to keep the article--it's just one story out of many, but sometimes just reading one tragic story has a greater impact than just reading statistics about six million here, two million there, troop movements across the such-and-such and liberation by so-and-so in 1945. I'd almost like to keep it just as an example of what people went through, and let people read the story of this Victor Rona and then slowly imagine it happening six million times over. Then again, Wikipedia policy prevents that kind of thing and I'm not interested in blatantly breaking rules. K. Lásztocska 16:10, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. Very sad, but unfortunately there were many, many others in similar circumstances. Rona doesn't stand above the others. Realkyhick 22:40, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
• Reluctant delete. He was robbed of the chance to become notable. Clarityfiend 03:39, 29 May 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.