Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dewey Smith


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The result was   no consensus. Mark Arsten (talk) 03:46, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

Dewey Smith

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Although this is a well-written article, with plenty of varied sources and nice photographs, I fail to see how this is anything but a WP:ONEEVENT, which is unfortunately, the subjects death which makes seems very much like a memorial to me. Most of the sources are obituaries (or similiar). Jauerbackdude?/dude. 15:36, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 18:39, 19 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep - As the article's creator, I will repeat the comment I previously made on the article's talk page: "I have been writing a long series of articles about aquanauts who served as NEEMO crew members, but this is admittedly not necessarily enough by itself to establish notability.  As can be seen from the list of references, Smith's death has been discussed in a major published work of non-fiction (Ben Hellwarth's Sealab) and in multiple media sources.  Moreover, although there have been far more people who have qualified as aquanauts than as astronauts over the decades, to my knowledge only three aquanauts have ever died as a result of participating in an underwater habitat program:  Berry L. Cannon, Joachim Wendler and Smith.  The rarity of this event may go some way toward suggesting notability, while Smith's participation in NEEMO 13 may make WP:ONEEVENT less applicable." Gildir (talk) 21:17, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. ONEEVENT and NOTMEMORIAL fit the article. Clarityfiend (talk) 21:57, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Move to Death of Dewey Smith, as per Death of Caylee Anthony, Trial of Xiao Zhen, etc. Stuartyeates (talk) 07:53, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment - Is the death (and investigation) a notable event in the progression of diving safety? If so, move per Stuartyeates.  If not, it's WP:ONEEVENT, no matter how tragic.BennyHillbilly (talk) 07:14, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep Do not move to Death; there is much material here that is in no way a memorial. It is almost identical, in every way that matters to WP rules (I am speaking of Notability in particular), to another article kept at AfD years ago, Articles for deletion/Agnes Milowka. This is not an OTHERSTUFF reference; the rationales of AfD editors at the previous discussion are relevant to this discussion on a similar topic. Anarchangel (talk) 21:02, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
 * If I am not wrong, every afd merits their own arguments and results? Something like that? (WP:WAX?) Nor sure, but still, I don't think you should compare this with that, no matter how similar they are... Bonkers The Clown (talk) 09:28, 27 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete - This is a clear case of WP:ONEEVENT--SimonKnowsAll (talk) 02:45, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep It is not entirely about subjects death, so a move to a page about his death should be ruled out. Subject is notable in his own way. Plenty of sources. Does not seem like a WP:ONEEVENT to me. Bonkers The Clown (talk) 09:28, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, T. Canens (talk) 05:09, 27 July 2012 (UTC)


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