Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William "Duke" Procter

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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 of the debate was obvious keep Renata3 05:39, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] William "Duke" Procter

NN late WWI vet with no claim of notabilty. Speedied a couple of times, restored by another admin. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 19:39, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

  • Keep. I was the one who restored it. He was one of Canada's last surviving WWI veterans, and his death received nationwide attention in that country. - SimonP 20:35, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep. I agree with SimonP. The remaining First World War vets have received a fair amount of attention in Canada these last few years, and Procter's death was a noted occasion in this country. I'm a little shocked that this is even under discussion. Skeezix1000 20:50, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Has received much attention in Canada. --GrantNeufeld 20:54, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep, this is a perfect example of why things like this should be put on AfD and not speedied. JYolkowski // talk 23:12, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep, if this guy were American I doubt we'd even be having this discussion. -- MisterHand 23:19, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
  • I find that comment blatantly offensive. WP:NPA. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 02:00, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
    • No personal attack intended. It's just that I see Canadian actors/politicians/etc nominated here all the time that wouldn't be considered if they had reached the same level of fame in the US. -- MisterHand 06:20, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Do you really have the chutzpah to even attempt to claim that someone whose own article says that he served in the military for less than 24 hours, because he was only just on the train to boot camp when the war kinda sorta ended under his nose, is remotely equivalent to the matter at hand? Wow. Talk about cojones. Bearcat 04:24, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Keepas per MisterHand Jcuk 02:21, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep. as per SimonP, Jeffrey O. Gustafson needs to find a new hobby, instead of deleting other people's articles. Travb 02:37, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Strong keep. The fact that this could get even close to a speedy tag is completely out of order. I agree with MisterHand and JYolkowski- noms and other speedy addicts need to wield some restraint. -- JJay 02:58, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep, though will need expansion. --Daveb 04:27, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep, agree with Travb. Bart Versieck 12:04, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep --Big_Iron 10:36, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep I believe that news stated that he was the last Canadian WWI veteran who had seen front line combat. The other three never got to the front Dowew 21:31, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Regardless of what anyone thinks of the article at hand, this was pretty clearly not a speedy candidate. This has been handled correctly, both with the restore and the subsequent AFD for clarification. That said, I'm on the keep side here, and do have to agree that if the guy were from anywhere other than Canada, this wouldn't even have been raised as an issue. However: the article must be moved to a title that doesn't have quotation marks in it. Bearcat 04:31, 29 December 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 a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.