The hostage is a bit of a puzzler. On one hand, his month is up. On the other, he didn't get a month. On one hand, he didn't really do anything notable, played a passive role. On the other, Kayla Mueller was a similar sort and her article passed an AfD. On the other other hand, I don't think anyone will look for potential redlink articles on a page without redlinks, so it doesn't really serve much noticeboard purpose.

I think I lean toward deleting his entry entirely, but if anyone wants to try creating an article, here's a redlink.  (talk) 06:34, April 24, 2015 (UTC)