Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Badge man


 * 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   keep. -- Cirt (talk) 21:29, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

Badge man
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This page has gone uncited for four years. The article is contradictory (see one such excerpt below) and is just a mess in general.

"Other researchers have claimed that the "Badge Man" image is the sun-reflected outline of a soda pop bottle sitting atop the cement retaining wall. Marilyn Sitzman, who was standing a few yards from the retaining wall, saw a young black couple eating lunch on a bench behind that wall, and heard a soda bottle crash just after the motorcade passed by. Photos and films immediately afterwards do show a bottle sitting atop the retaining wall."

(Oh, and on top of this, it was created by, if that's any indication of it's purpose...)

LiteralKa (talk) 03:33, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Strong keep/early close - I wouldn't normally offer a Google search as support for notability but the sheer weight of results here demonstrates the notability and wide usage of 'badge man' as a term with a distinct meaning within the context of the the JFK assassination. (Link). While the article is uncited, it's nevertheless reasonably well written, unambiguously defines its scope, and it is clear that significant coverage in reliable independent sources exists on this topic capable of founding an encyclopaedic article.  AfD is not for cleanup.  There is no case for a deletion here. - DustFormsWords (talk) 04:54, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep A very quick g-books search shows plenty of discussion of the topic, and is acceptable per WP:GNG which requires subjects to be verifiable, not verified. Clearly a little WP:BEFORE would have shown this AfD to be completely unnecessary. AfD is not cleanup.  Jim Miller  See me 13:29, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep One of the sillier ideas from the conspiracy theorists, but enough sources are available to meet notaability guidelines. Edward321 (talk) 14:57, 25 November 2010 (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.