Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sam Derry

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was DELETE. Carrp | Talk 18:27, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Sam Derry
A very sweet tribute, but there is no context or indication that this is an encyclopedic person. Joyous 00:48, Mar 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * Forgot to say delete. Joyous 00:49, Mar 1, 2005 (UTC)


 * Yeah seems like a great guy, but not a particularly famous or influential. Delete, sorry. BTW, nominators don't usually need to say "delete". Kappa 01:02, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * There is at least one closer who doesn't always count a nomination as an automatic "delete" vote. I just like to be clear.  Joyous 01:10, Mar 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * For the record, I also usually don't vote on my own nominations, unless the ensuing discussion moves me to do that (and then, I don't always vote for deletion). Radiant! 13:53, Mar 1, 2005 (UTC)


 * Delete, Wikipedia is not a memorial. Megan1967 04:43, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Concur, delete. Radiant! 13:53, Mar 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * We really should have a "Wikipedia is not a memorial" page that we can link to in cases like this - I miss my grandfather too; he was a wonderful person and I know lots of stories about him and he loved to paint so my parents' house is full of his paintings, but he never became famous for it. I'm sure that Grampa Derry was a wonderful person, but delete. DS 14:06, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * We do have such a page, although you have to scroll down a bit to get to it. It's on the What Wikipedia is not list.  (Under Wikipedia is not a general knowledge base, section 4 is Memorials: "It's always sad when people die, but Wikipedia is not the place to honour them....".)  The shortcut link is WP:WIN.  Oh, and delete, because Wikipedia is not a memorial. --TenOfAllTrades | Talk 14:32, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete -- Longhair 15:59, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete even though it brought a tear to my eye. Jayjg (talk) 05:37, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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