Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Dougherty (police officer) (2nd nomination)


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The result was keep. Missvain (talk) 01:09, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

James Dougherty (police officer)
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Similarly to Mona Rae Miracle, also at AfD, the only remote claim to notability other than WP:NOTINHERITED is that he had some part to play in the development of SWAT tactics: the sources for this are passing mentions in two obituaries and not particularly conclusive, one describing him as "training" the first SWAT team and the other that he "invented the SWAT team" without giving any real detail. It could be that he is notable for this reason but the article as it stands does not bear that out. The article was previously deleted via AfD in 2015. ninety:one  17:44, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone  17:59, 2 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep: I strongly believe that Mr. Dougherty deserves his own article, because he was so heavily involved in the making of a star, the beginning of Marilyn Monroe‘s career. His conflict of interest with Monroe led to their divorce, led to her signing the contract and becoming a star. This is maybe not specified enough in the article that has been created, so it should only be worked on I feel — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thebiggangwiki (talk • contribs) 2 December 2020 (UTC)
 * (User !voted twice) Keep: The subject has written several notable works and has a documentary about him. Along with the other reasons mentioned, I feel it should not be deleted! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thebiggangwiki (talk • contribs) 12:30, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep. Obituaries in the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and Associated Press (picked up by the New York Times) satisfy WP:BASIC. Not the greatest of accomplishments, but I've seen worse. Clarityfiend (talk) 05:55, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep, well sourced and an interesting topic. Randy Kryn (talk) 13:17, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep: I think that the obituaries indicate notability here. — Toughpigs (talk) 17:30, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep No question about notability, good sources, no issues in my mind.--Concertmusic (talk) 21:59, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep - plenty of coverage. Even if he had not been Marilyn Monroe's first husband (which I do not concede is precluded by WP:NOTINHERITED), as the first SWAT trainer, he's notable Bearian (talk) 23:00, 8 December 2020 (UTC)


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