Talk:Deaths in May 2009

George Hannan - lack of online cites
I've twice added George Hannan, and twice it's been removed. His death appeared in a small notice in The Age (Melbourne) on Saturday 2 May. He died the previous day. The notice was a very simple affair, only making mention of his family; nothing about his public life. But it did mention his full name, George Conrad Hannan, and it did mention his date of birth, 10 September 1910.

Is is possible that there are two 98-year old George Conrad Hannans both living in Melbourne and both born 10 September 1910? I think this is extremely unlikely. That's why I updated his article, using the death notice as a cite. And that's why I added him here, with the same cite. Naturally, I looked for something online about his death, but there's nothing so far. So a hard copy cite will have to do.

Is there any rule that says the only permissible cites for this page are online cites? If that's the case, I'm going to have to object to it on principle. This is one example where all we have is something offline, but the overriding purpose of this page is to reveal who's died, and that's more important than whether or not a cite can be accessed online. -- JackofOz (talk) 22:13, 3 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I see that someone's found an online citation and added him back. That's good.  There's still the issue of principle that I'd like to resolve.  --  JackofOz (talk) 04:59, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Jack Kemp?
anyone want to mention Jack Kemp? He just died, http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=awBE9sAOD1qQ&refer=home

And is already being used for political gain, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/04/specter-claims-kemp-alive-congress-better-funded-medical-research/ --Pstanton (talk) 15:42, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Mark Landon
I removed this entry once because his only claim to fame is his father, and it was restored without explanation. What is the reason for retaining his entry? Be best (talk) 03:35, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I did not restore his death notice, but he now has a Wikipedia article. If you dispute his notability, you might commence speedy delete, WP:PROD or WP:AFD. WWGB (talk) 03:58, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

May 16
Are we sure nobody important died on May 16? I have never seen an empty space for a day in the obituaries here. Of course it is possible, and perhaps we witnessed something rare, but I'm just checking. Fdssdf (talk) 15:39, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ WWGB (talk) 02:46, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

It happens from time to time. December 4, 1974 was very notable as no one on earth was known to have died on that day.71.85.97.232 (talk) 14:11, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Patrick Swayze
Dead or not?--NavyDrinker (talk) 16:59, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
 * He was claimed to be alive about thirty minutes ago, so as usual, we wait for an official source.  Rodhull  andemu  17:08, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
 * My gosh: There won't be any lack of publicity when the sad time comes. Why such a need to add his name the millisecond a rumour comes out? Rms125a@hotmail.com (talk) 12:45, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * People love to be the first with a morsel of news. No big deal. We'll continue to remove if it's untrue.  tomasz.  16:02, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Redlinks
Why have we redlinked Blyth Wright's name? I knew the man reasonably well, and having read a couple of the obituaries I realise that he was an important figure in Scottish mountaineering circles. However, as an experienced Wikipedian, I know that any stub article we created on Blyth would struggle to fulfil our Notability criteria. Is it really wise to go about creating lots of redlinks for nn people? --Mais oui! (talk) 14:04, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * He has no Wikipedia article, therefore his name is a redlink. The entry will be deleted one month after his death unless he has a WP article. WWGB (talk) 14:08, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Mmmm... that doesn't really answer my question: "Is it really wise to go about creating lots of redlinks for nn people?" --Mais oui! (talk) 14:36, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * And you can safely assume that an "experienced Wikipedian " already knows why the link is red. Please do not patronise fellow contributors. --Mais oui! (talk) 14:37, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Mmmm ... chip ... shoulder .... WWGB (talk) 14:53, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Dearie, dearie, dearie me. Straight into the ad hominem attacks. I'll leave you to it. Good luck. You'll need it. --Mais oui! (talk) 14:55, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I make my own luck, dearie. At the risk of "patronising" an "experienced Wikipedian" perhaps the answer may be found at Red link. WWGB (talk) 14:59, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
 * You have still failed to answer my initial query, and instead seem intent on some bizarre quest to teach me what a redlink is. You really do have a very, very odd approach to compiling an encyclopaedia. Why do you not simply answer my initial query? It would save a lot of time. --Mais oui! (talk) 15:17, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

OK, let's start over. Editors post recent deaths on this article page. Every death is listed as a wikilink, which means the link will be either blue or red, depending on whether they already have a Wikipedia article. If the link is blue, they are deemed to be notable and the link remains. If the link is red, then the entry remains for one month to see whether a Wikipedia article eventuates. If there is still no article after one month (link is still red) then it is presumed that the person is not notable and the entry is removed. That is the process that has been in place here for several years. Regards, WWGB (talk) 15:32, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

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