Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James McDougall


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.  

The result of the debate was keep. Mailer Diablo 02:59, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

James McDougall
Delete. I am proposing this article be deleted because the person to whom it refers is of questionable importance in warranting a biographical entry, there is little information in it of interest beyond the name and the individual's connection with the investigation into the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 (an existing article in which this information could be, and in fact is offered), and because the article conflicts with what I consider a more important historical figure, the explorer James McDougall (explorer) Fishhead64 00:20, 17 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep. He's a central figure in a major event, and he is linked to from the Flight 103 page.  The article should be marked as a stub and possibly expanded. Carlo 00:47, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, notable and significant, and Move to James McDougall (Lockerbie) or some such other name, as appropriate. the.crazy.russian   (T)   (C)   (E)  00:49, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * keep per above. Niffweed17, Destroyer of Chickens 01:02, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep & Move to James McDougall (Procurator Fiscal) and make James McDougall a disamb page.Eivindt@c 01:30, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, notable enough. Weatherman90 02:02, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, notable. --Ter e nce Ong 03:14, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. I'm not convinced that this guy is notable enough to have his own article.  What more is there to say about him?  A brief mention in the Flight 103 article seems sufficient.  Plus, as the nominator points out, he is hogging valuable namespace that rightfully belongs to the much more notable James McDougall (explorer).   dbtfz talk 05:17, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per above -- T B C ???   ???   ??? 06:34, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. The article should be expanded. Any conflict with the article, if it exists, about McDougall the explorer can be remedied by disambiguation.Phase4 10:28, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak delete. Seems like the Lockerbie article should more than take care of him, but a stronger article might make a difference. ProhibitOnions 10:44, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep notable. -- S iva1979 Talk to me  15:17, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Move to more suitably named page and convert to disambiguation. Jud e (talk,contribs,email) 00:02, 18 March 2006 (UTC)


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