Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wael Zuaiter


 * 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 of the debate was no consensus to delete. W.marsh 13:16, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Wael Zuaiter
(Alleged) terrorist that was assasinated by Israel by involvement in the Munich attacks. There are so few English results on google for him though, that I think that is his only claim to notability. There were plenty of terrorists who attacked Israel - I think including all of them if they are not otherwise notable would be glorifying them. -- Where is Where? 14:53, 17 June 2006 (UTC) Changed to merge This guy appears to be more notable than initially thought but I'm still not sure this guy needs his own article unless there is more to say on him. Ydam 15:25, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete NN. if he had been recorded as being a terrorist by sources other than the israeli governement then maybe it would meet WP:BIO.
 * Verify and Merge into Munich Massacre Maix84 16:30, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep, he is featured in the move Munich by Stephen Spielberg, and no real reason for deletion given: "there were plenty of terrorists"?? There has never been any proof that he was a terrorist, just because he was killed by Mossad doesn't automatically mean he was a criminal, take the example of Ahmed Bouchiki. What's interesting about Boukichi is that he was killed by Mossad and not whether or not he was a terrorist. Deleting this article smells strongly of POV itself and can be interpreted as an attempt of cleaning up (i.e. censoring) Mossad's dirty act, no matter if that is the nominator's actual motive or not. Also, I see no reason to merge, what does Wikipedia lose on having a separate article on him? Mackan 18:35, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep or Merge. Article reeks of POV but subject is clearly notable per Spielberg connection and attendant media coverage. Also an alternative spelling seems to be Zwaiter. ~ trialsanderrors 20:00, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge, as per trialsanderrors. The connection with Spielberg's Munich gives it clear, immediate notability, but it would have had that even in the absence of the film. As for POV, I think we can guess the political sympathies of the author, but the language is still generally NPOV. For example, he's described as a spokesman, not a liberator; there's the word "claim" about his being a terrorist, but it's not qualified by any POV adjective. Balancing that, the article clearly talks of the "killing" of the athletes. The number of bullet shots and number of athletes killed are both given in an objective form without any editorializing. Inter lingua  talk 03:07, 18 June 2006 (UTC)


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