Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stephen Emanual Poulos


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The result was   delete. ~  L'Aquatique   [  talk  ] 05:04, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

Stephen Emanual Poulos

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An IT worker who liked singing opera, trolled a forum and died in 9-11. No edits since July 2005 (not a reason for deletion, but indicates low interest), no verifiable sources (a memorial wiki and an NY Times forum post inaccessible to anyone without an account). In my view does not meet notability criteria. —Vanderdecken∴ ∫ξφ 09:06, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Wikipedia is not a place for memorial pages. I almost thought this was an attack page until I read the New York Times article.  I read the NYT article and it is about the subject of the Wikipedia article, but this is a rare case where I'll argue that a NYT article isn't enough to establish notability.  I believe WP:NOT applies here. Themfromspace (talk) 11:19, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Utterly fails WP:BIO. VG &#x260E; 14:59, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
 * To clarify the above statement: had he not died in the 9/11 attack, he would never have gotten that NYT article, which is from October 2001. I hope I don't sound too callous saying this, but he is a sort of Joe the plumber for 9/11. VG &#x260E; 16:47, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Possibly a bad analogy, in that Joe the Plumber was just kept at AFD... but I take the point, which is that WP:BLP1E applies here as well (people notable for one event). Terraxos (talk) 17:33, 17 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:NOTMEMORIAL. In late 2001, the proliferation of articles about 9/11 victims is what led to the 'not a place for memorials' policy in the first place; this one seems to have slipped through the net, but is exactly what that policy is meant to prevent. Terraxos (talk) 17:31, 17 October 2008 (UTC)


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