Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Carl hanratty

A stub, at the wrong title, about a fictional character, containing little useful information. Does it really deserve an article? Deb 11:40, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete: Misnamed. The man is actually real, so an article on the character is doubly wrong.  Geogre 13:18, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Pity there's no article on the real-life personage, though. Lacrimosus 21:23, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Comment. AFAIK, he's not real - IIRC, he was a melding of several real-life characters into one for the movie. Ambi 01:42, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Correction: Ambi's right.  I was misled by the title cards at the end of the movie that said that the hero and "Carl" remain friends.  Geogre 05:06, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * That's odd. I remember listening to a tape recording by the man and reading newspaper articles about his experiences, before the movie came out. Hmm. We definitely need an article now to work out what the real-life situation is. Lacrimosus 23:16, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)