Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Basil Murray


 * 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) 16:00, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Basil Murray

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This journalist's primary claim to notability is apparently being the model (unsourced) of the protagonist of two Evelyn Waugh novels. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:23, 17 September 2010 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:01, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
 * delete. Does not meet notability even it is sourced. SYSS Mouse (talk) 02:16, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep If this is true--and I beleive it is, from my own reading about Waugh, and the sources exist, then it's certainly notable. VASterling (talk) 16:31, 17 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 16:30, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. I have just sourced the Basil Seal information. Moreover, Basil Murray is discussed in the autobiographies of Evelyn Waugh and Arthur Koestler as well as Anne De Courcy's bio of Diana Mosley, not to mention several books about the Spanish Civil War. He's clearly a figure of some importance to anyone who wishes to understand upper-class British politics and culture of the 30s. It seems to me that the article is crying out for more research, not deletion.Ritwik2000 (talk) 19:06, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Keep per Ritwik2000's reasoning and efforts. --Arxiloxos (talk) 05:22, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. Article needs expanding, not deleting. Jimmy Pitt   talk  21:17, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. I think it was I who started the article and the only reason I did was because of the Basil Seal connection, which I'd read about in a book (the name of which I've forgotten) on real-life inspirations of fictional characters. On this basis it probably wouldn't meet notability criteria. However if as Ritwik2000 says this could be expanded with further information the article should be kept. Opera hat (talk) 15:28, 25 September 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.