Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tod Sweeney


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The result was   keep. joe deckertalk to me 13:14, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Tod Sweeney

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British Army officer who not notable per WikiProject Military history/Notability guide Jim Sweeney (talk) 11:58, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Again it might be argued that his role in Operation Deadstick is WP:oneevent, but again it is well documented in books and his life after the army (Director General of Battersea Dogs Home) only serves to increase his notability. He was on This is your life after all.  Ranger Steve   Talk  16:05, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. Please see my argument at WP:Articles_for_deletion/Sandy_Smith_(British_Army_officer). - Dank (push to talk) 17:29, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions.  —Tom Morris (talk) 20:45, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
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 * Delete - This one is less clear cut I agree, and many significant details of his life do appear to be known, albeit uncited. The subject was another junior officer (later a Colonel though) awarded the Military Cross with a large amount of passing coverage in reliable sources. True he held a number of semi-important but non-notable positions during his later military service (Defence Advisor to the U.K. Mission to the United Nations, Head of Public Relations HQ BAOR, Deputy Commandant of the School of Infantry). I'm not really swayed by the argument that being the Director General of Battersea Dogs Home or appearing on This is Your Life adds any notability though, even if the former seems a worthy cause. IMO this is also a case of coverage about a single event in a large number of reliable sources not adding up to "signficant coverage" and therefore a lack of notability under the WP:GNG. Anotherclown (talk) 09:34, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment Just to be clear, I don't believe that an appearance on TV is enough to make someone notable. My comment was merely to point out that the producers of This is Your Life clearly thought that Sweeney's career was enough to feature on a programme that details notable people. Ranger Steve   Talk  09:53, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep The sources cited clearly demonstrate the subject meets the general notability guideline. Claims that coverage about a single event cannot be "significant coverage" are not supported by the definition of "significant coverage" given in WP:N.--Pontificalibus (talk) 16:18, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep: Clearly meets the general notability guideline. Rms125a@hotmail.com (talk) 12:14, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. Full obituary in the Daily Telegraph = notable. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:38, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
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