Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bruce Mayrock

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The result was merge to Nigerian Civil War. (non-admin closure) Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:05, 3 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Bruce Mayrock

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Sad, but not otherwise notable; appears to be a case of WP:ONEEVENT Ohc ^¡digame! 08:11, 26 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

merge to Nigerian Civil War The protest itself is notable as relating to the whole Biafra mess, and many histories of the conflict mention it, but otherwise as a person reliable sources say almost nothing about him. Mangoe (talk) 12:12, 26 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Merge as above. Mayrock seems to be well-remembered, but he is notable for this single event & there is not enough to sustain a stand-alone article.TheLongTone (talk) 12:18, 26 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as per Wikipedia:Big events make key participants notable and also WP:PERPETRATOR which states "The motivation ... or the execution ... is unusual—or has otherwise been considered noteworthy—such that it is a well-documented historic event. Generally, historic significance is indicated by sustained coverage of the event in reliable secondary sources which persists beyond contemporaneous news coverage and devotes significant attention to the individual's role", which applies to Mayrock. Besides, most articles on the List of political self-immolations should be at AfD if a self immolation is a case of WP:ONEEVENT. Ochiwar (talk) 12:56, 26 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

My impression is that it wasn't that big an event: it's a one or two sentence mention in histories of the conflict. Mangoe (talk) 13:54, 26 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Self-immolation as an extreme form of protest on behalf of a collective cause is always "that big an event" imo, otherwise we would not have such articles as Roger Allen LaPorte, Norman Morrison, George Winne, Jr., Alice Herz, and most, if not all the articles in Category:Self-immolations in protest of the Eastern Bloc and Category:Suicides by self-immolation. Ochiwar (talk) 17:17, 26 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Besides the WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS fallacy, this ignores that each of these may or may not end up as significant events with much to say about them. My sense of the list that you give is that some of them ought to be merged into the larger lists, and some may not. Mangoe (talk) 19:13, 26 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I believe the list shows Inherent notability and Precedent in usage Ochiwar (talk) 20:08, 26 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 22:51, 26 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 22:51, 26 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Nigerian Civil War per Mangoe and TheLongTone. Biography of one event and the event isn't big enough to justify a stand-alone article. • Gene93k (talk) 02:31, 27 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Nigerian Civil War. This doesn't qualify for a standalone article per WP:1E, and a merge is a functional WP:ATD. NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 10:19, 29 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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