Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Raymond Towers Holmes


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The result of the debate was keep. → Ξxtreme Unction {yak ł blah } 13:43, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Raymond Towers Holmes
Makes a claim to notability so can't qualify for a speedy, but probably is not encyclopedia-worthy. Merge if desired to some appropriate page of pilots, but otherwise delete. Stifle 15:26, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - appears to be both notable and verifiable. Had a documentatry on Channel 5 about the recovery of his craft which is now in the Imperial War Museum. --JiFish(Talk/Contrib) 16:41, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete I get 62 Google hits for "Raymond Towers Holmes", and almost all of those are repeats of his obituary notice. It's an interesting story, and verifiable, but I don't think he met WP:BIO while he was alive, and while his death has brought some renewed notice, I still don't think he is notable enough for an article. --  Dalbury ( Talk )  03:07, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
 * The documentary I mentioned above was broadcast when he was alive. --JiFish(Talk/Contrib) 14:46, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep: Real heroism by real people verifiably in historic conflicts deserves a much greater place in Wikipedia than any amount of video game character cruft.  If we can't delete that kind of cruft, we can keep the real stuff. Hu 04:20, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
 * keep, subject of nationally broadcast documentary. Kappa 04:41, 6 December 2005 (UTC)


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