Deletion of Thomas James Ball

Comment: per  and . Too  to provide for |neutral coverage of topic. A sad situation, and a strong political statement, yes...but Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a tabloid
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:EVENT||WP:NOTNEWS||WP:RECENT||WP:NPOV)

Comment: WP:ONEEVENT and  applies here. I will say this however I agree with Freshacconci's comments above, this could be rewritten if it were to receive more, and lasting coverage, and also have some sort of imapct. Right now as it stands it doesn't
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOTNEWS)

Comment: This event passes .  Good heavens I can't even believe this is a discussion.  I'm reading about him in California and came here specifically to read more.  This is a national news event.  He is part of a significant if small movement.  Wikipedia even has a LIST of self immolation articles.  What kind of nonsense is this?  Is this really less critical than the Half-Life 2 article?  Really?  — Preceding Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned comment added by
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:EVENT)

Comment: This was a single event and 
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOTNEWS)

Comment: The Half-Life 2 article |has nothing to do with this discussion
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions (WP:OTHERSTUFF)

Comment: Most of the sources cited in the article are non-RS -- mostly opinionated blogs. From the few reliable sources, I conclude that this guy's life was pretty much of a mess and he committed suicide, choosing a highly visible method and leaving a long rambling note. That's all. The fact that men's rights bloggers have decided to reinvent him as a men's rights activist who died for their cause does not make it true, and it does not make the details of his biography notable. Wikipedia is , |nor a memorial site, nor an |online venue for promoting causes by turning deceased people into martyrs
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOTNEWS||WP:NOTMEMORIAL||WP:SOAP)

Comment: This event passes .  Rebuttals
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:EVENT)

Comment: no evidence of actual notability; see ,  and (odd though it might seem)  for my reasoning - the latter to address the "it's getting more famous everyday among people who read the same websites I do" arguments from people coming here as a result of the outside canvassing effort
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (:WP:BIO1E||:WP:COATRACK||:WP:UPANDCOMING)

Comment: fails  and 
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons (WP:BLP1E||WP:NOTNEWS)

Comment: Fails . The vast majority of the refs provided fail . Blogs can't be used to establish notability
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:EVENT||WP:RS)