Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Colonel Akbar

: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 no consensus. MBisanz ^talk 03:16, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

=[[Colonel Akbar]]=

:{{la|Colonel Akbar}} ([{{fullurl:Colonel Akbar|wpReason={{urlencode: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Colonel Akbar}}&action=delete}} delete]) – (View AfD)(View log)

One of several articles by the same author about a minor Tamil Tiger; the articles are devoid of biographical detail; cursory passing mentions of pseudo-position are not the "significant" coverage required for notability meriting separate article. This one doesn't even have the fellow's first name. THF (talk) 21:59, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Redirect to Admiral Ackbar? (sorry, couldn't help it!) Politizer ^talk/_contribs 22:11, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
Comment. Actually, Politzier's suggestion is a fair one, should this article be deleted, as this is a reasonable search term for those looking for the Star Wars character. No comment on the merits of this particular article as I lack sufficient knowledge to make an informed decision. 23skidoo (talk) 22:15, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

:*What a ridiculously stupid idea. We can't make Wikipedia a mechanism for spoon-feeding people with bad memories. Admiral Ackbar and Colonel Akbar are two different entities altogether. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pectore (talk • contribs)

::*I was joking. Politizer ^talk/_contribs 00:20, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

This article has links from Tamil Tigers wikipedia page and shouldn't be deleted. Person mentioned in this article was a senior Tamil Tiger person. Please do not delete until agreed by Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Sri Lanka Reconciliation members. -Iross1000 (talk) 22:20, 17 January 2009 (UTC).
Keep - Refer Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Sri Lanka. -Iross1000 (talk) 00:01, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
Keep - Notable high level commander of a very prominent militant organization, the Tamil Tigers. Also, this nomination is a horrible escapade in ignorance driven deletionism.Pectore^talk 22:32, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
delete notability not established in article Jasy jatere (talk) 17:31, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
Delete No evidence in article of his having done anything important, other than hold a position in the LTTE. On a side note, I'm sad that people aren't totally laughing at my hilarious jokery above. Politizer ^talk/_contribs 09:12, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

:::On the side, a general comment about this whole set of AfDs: from what I have seen so far, some of the individuals are notable and some aren't. It's clear that the editors who created the article think they are all notable. But it would have helped the process a lot if you could have provided sources and information from the beginning asserting that notability (ie, what they have done in their capacity as officers), rather than expecting us to just know what makes a Tamil Tiger notable. A lot of these arguments could have been averted. Politizer ^talk/_contribs 09:12, 19 January 2009 (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.