Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frederick Sheath


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The result was   redirect to Crew of the RMS Titanic. slakr \ talk / 12:29, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

Frederick Sheath

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WP:ONEEVENT. PROD removed with the rationale that there are a large number of articles on other Titanic survivors. This is a poor argument: part WP:OTHERSTUFF, and partly because many of the people on the ship would merit biographies even had they not been on board. There is, incidentally, also an article on the individual lifeboat on whicj Sheath escaped. TheLongTone (talk) 17:52, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Week Delete as per nom fails WP:OTHERSTUFF and WP:ONEEVENT.
 * Comment. Will removing this content from Wikipedia improve our coverage and further our understanding of the Titanic? Hard to see how.  Maybe a merger discussion is called for, but I don't yet see a compelling argument for deletion. --Arxiloxos (talk) 18:46, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Does including this article "improve our coverage and further our understanding of the Titanic??

Very hard to see how, I think the issues are dealt with already. TheLongTone (talk) 23:09, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 19:47, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
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 * Merge to Crew of the RMS Titanic per in the spirit of WP:PRESERVE, if WP:BLP1E doesn't allow for a standalone article about this subject. Northamerica1000(talk) 19:53, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment. I deprodded the article, not because I think he's especially notable (he certainly isn't), but because there are indeed a large number of articles on crew and passengers of the Titanic who aren't really especially notable and I felt it needed a wider discussion rather than being nominated for uncontroversial deletion via prodding. -- Necrothesp (talk) 22:50, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment. There's no additional info here that is not already included on several other articles, except for his non-notable biographical info (nothing to merge). ~Eric:71.20.250.51 (talk) 05:28, 4 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Redirect, merging any relevant content, to Crew of the RMS Titanic. WP:PRESERVE is an editing policy, not a deletion policy, however this is a reasonable redirect/search term and redirects are cheap. - The Bushranger One ping only 04:36, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment - I struck part of my !vote above, and added "in the spirit of" after the struck portion. Northamerica1000(talk) 06:33, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks - that actually is something I can get behind! - The Bushranger One ping only 12:45, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

Merge or redirect (probably mostly the latter) -- I suspect that the subject was not responsible for the small number of passengers in the boat; rather it was the officer who directed him to crew it. The tone of the article feels a bit of an attack on a seaman who was only following instructions. Peterkingiron (talk) 15:28, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment I started this AfD, & feel that there is not enough for a merge & that a rediect would be the best option.TheLongTone (talk) 15:35, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
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