Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Andrew Joseph Doiron


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The result was   delete. Nakon 01:56, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Andrew Joseph Doiron

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Subject of the article is notable for one event. Wikic¤l¤gyt@lk to M£ 08:02, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 20:35, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
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 * Comment: Would it be allowed/more appropriate to have a page regarding about the incident rather than one about the victim involved? Plastic Milk Bag (talk) 13:01, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
 * That's a different case! The event may be a subject of encyclopedia, if the event is notable per WP:NEVENT. You may want to read WP:Indentation.Wikic¤l¤gyt@lk to M£ 13:51, 11 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Comment: I have issues with the one event part of your argument. Someone can participate in one Olympics, in one event, say men's tennis, and win a silver medal. That is one event at one Olympics. Based on your rationale, that athlete is not wiki worthy. I would argue he was worthy. So, question is, even though it is one event, does that event make him worthy? Postcard Cathy (talk) 08:40, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
 * In the future, ensure to use the preview key before you save your comment. Nothing seemed to be notable about the subject of this article outside the "fire incident". Please read WP:BIO1E and this notability guideline. You may leave a message on my talk page if you need more clarification. Wikic¤l¤gyt@lk to M£ 10:42, 9 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete This is a prime example of a one event notability. His death does not get the coverage or in other ways rise to a level of notability.John Pack Lambert (talk) 03:58, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete. Can't see any evidence of notability. Many soldiers have been killed in friendly fire incidents over the centuries. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:34, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment: I'm with Plastic Milk Bag - I don't see separate posts for each Canadian killed in Afghanistan, but I do see, for example, a Friendly fire incident at Sangin page highlighting one Canadian death. I'd say this (inaptly named) friendly fire incident would be worth its own entry.  Milnews.ca (talk) 19:09, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
 * There's certainly a case to be made here that we should have an article about the incident, but it's absolutely not necessary to maintain a biography of him as an individual. This frequently happens rapidly after such an incident, when the soldier's death is current news, but once we're two or three years removed from the immediate aftermath it isn't so obvious anymore that the person has attained sufficient notability to warrant a standalone biography. The four soldiers who were killed in the Tarnak Farm incident, for example, no longer have standalone biographical articles, but exist solely as redirects to an article about the event — and Doiron isn't more notable than they were, he's just more recent. So probably the best route here would be to sandbox this in userspace or draftspace, to allow conversion from a biography of the person into an event article about the incident — but a biography of Doiron as an individual is not the kind of thing we should be keeping. Delete/userfy for conversion. Bearcat (talk) 18:58, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
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