Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dónal Donnelly


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The result was delete. A redirect may be made as part of the normal editing process, if desired. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 05:33, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

Dónal Donnelly

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Delete: as hagiography/autobiography/soapbox. Non-notable individual except for one incident, escaping gaol. Delete and possibly redirect name to HM Prison Crumlin Road. Quis separabit? 17:54, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
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 * Delete for sure and then redirect if needed even though he's not currently mentioned there as this article simply makes no better signs of a better notable article. SwisterTwister   talk  08:33, 15 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment, not sure about Donnelly, but his memoirs might just squeak over the line in article notability stakes. EBSCO lists two reviews here  and here . There is another review here (subscription require), and even amazon mentions some snips here  (i know they cannot be used for notability:)), but have been unable to substantiate them online, maybe a helpful Irish editor can oblige? Coolabahapple (talk) 17:08, 17 December 2015 (UTC)
 * That "review" # 3 is from the "Irish Republican News", certainly NOT independent of the subject.E.M.Gregory (talk) 18:45, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I agree that it is a huge issue that everything "must" be verified through Google. (And Google then verifies everything through Wikipedia! Ha, ha!) --MurderByDeletionism"bang!" 06:21, 19 December 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

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 * Weak keep -- I am not convinced that he is so lacking in notability. The article largely arises from a book of memoires, published by what is probably a small Irish publishing house, which does not look to me like a vanity press.  That will inevitably present the author's POV, but should not be enough to prevent WP having an article.   Peterkingiron (talk) 15:07, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 16:36, 28 December 2015 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Dat GuyTalkContribs 08:48, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete - per SwisterTwister. Snappy (talk) 18:44, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete His book appears to have garnered virtually no attention, and searching for him produces little (there was an actor with the same name) beyond mentions and the fact that he was pardoned in old age at a time when Britain was trying to move past "the troubles" (successfully, for a wonder) and pardons were being given to old terrorists. So, the case for notability boils down to WP:BLP1E: the fact that of all the IRA militants in a particular prison, he was the "only one" to escape.  Except that it turns out that a number of prisoners escaped from HM Prison Crumlin Road over the years.  His claim to fame is that he was the "only one" to escape between 1956 and 1962.  Like, really?  I've looked, and all I see is a non-notable terrorist who should be deleted under WP:BLP1E.E.M.Gregory (talk) 18:29, 7 January 2016 (UTC)


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