Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sacha Dratwa


 * 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 was delete. As many participants point out, this is a clear case of WP:BLP1E, and we have to take this very seriously when the one event is negative or controversial. If he does continue to do things which are noteworthy, an article can be recreated, but only then - Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. - filelake shoe  &#xF0F6;   10:38, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

Sacha Dratwa

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Person only known for one event. Notability is not temporary - in six months no-one will remember this person, even the event isn't really notable long term. Travelbird (talk) 05:00, 27 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep. I strongly disagree.  Dratwa's first news mention was just a few days prior to his rather bigoted photo coming to light, wherein he was discussed as the new head of Israel's social media fight, just when the IDF's Twitter began to directly engage terrorist groups via the internet.  []  How the IDF responds to this, and the greater discussion it causes about race and race relations, certainly make it noteworthy.  If Mr. Dratwa's career as the head of the "cyber propaganda squad", per his own words, continues unabated after this incident, there is a very good chance he will do things that continue to be noteworthy.  ThatBajoranGuy (talk) 09:53, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep He's a top spokesman for the IDF. Per nom's own words, "Notability is not temporary." Once notable, always notable.--Sue Rangell ✍ ✉ 23:45, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I would strongly encourage editors to read Wikipedia's policy on people known for only one event : ONEVENT and WP:NOTNEWS Travelbird (talk) 05:29, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep per ThatBajoranGuy. This is not a case of ONEEVENT; while he has been getting a burst of news coverage lately in regard to the picture incident, his notability stems from his inherent position (a top spokesman for the IDF), not the picture event. LonelyBoy2012 (talk) 18:01, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
 * How do you decided that he is top spokesman?He is merely leutnant.
 * I said a top spokesman (not the), which fits the descriptions of him given in the sources. LonelyBoy2012 (talk) 17:45, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
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 * Delete Clearly WP:BLP1E he is not known for anything else.--Shrike (talk)/WP:RX 16:07, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete per ONEVENT and WP:NOTNEWS. TheCuriousGnome (talk) 17:15, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete Do spokespersons of other armies have their own Wikipedia articles? He is not even the main spokesperson. I assume the answer to the questions is no and therefore this should deleted per WP:BLP1E.-- brew crewer  (yada, yada) 19:40, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
 * In response to your first question, the answer is actually yes: see Anil Shorey, Subcomandante Marcos, Mohammad Zahir Azimi, Ben Ncube. LonelyBoy2012 (talk) 17:40, 30 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Look at the aricles again they are all notable on grounds outside of being a spokesperson.-- brew crewer  (yada, yada) 04:25, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete BLP1E -- No  unique  names  18:30, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete -- a check of available sources via findsources above makes it very clear this is BLP1E. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 20:28, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete this person is a spokesperson, it's their job to appear on TV, just like a weatherforecaster. Stuartyeates (talk) 07:03, 4 December 2012 (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 a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.