Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Stockwell

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The result of the debate was keep. - Sikon 10:53, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

John Stockwell
Delete Well known once in a very small arena long time ago. Now he's just a retired computer support manager who wishes to paddle the rivers of Texas in peace. He'd have me remove all internet references to him if I could but you know my chances on that. I'd simply like to place the del tag in the article and let the Wikiadmins take a look at it. Stockwell - (the reqestor) 07:52, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - He was an influential and well-known person who has over 8000 Google hits for "John Stockwell + CIA" (All seem to reference him), and was the highest-ranking member of the CIA to publicly resign his post. We wouldn't remove George W. Bush from an encyclopaedia if he asked, imho we shouldn't remove others. - Sherurcij 08:05, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, sufficiently notable. We shouldn't invade his privacy by publishing his current address (and we're not), but anything else that's readily available on the internet or in public libraries already, and which is true, is fair to put in the article.-gadfium 09:27, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep as per Gadfium. -- Marcika 12:16, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Bollocks to the stockwells they peeked through my garbage!
 * Unsigned "comment" by 210.84.153.81.
 * Keep I'm afraid it isn't relevant whether someone wants to be in Wikipedia or not, only whether they should be. CalJW 15:27, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Appears notable, and the subject's desire to be documented is (thankfully) irrelevant.  Postdlf 21:09, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notable author of several books on CIA operations (In Search of Enemies, The Praetorean Guard etc) Kaibabsquirrel 01:03, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.