Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of people who became famous through being terminally ill
Some good points made by some of the above contributions (though I wish some folk would read the essay  before commenting). Its current unsourced and rather primitive form make it hard to support – its editors would have had more chance if it had been well sourced from the start. I feel it has unsolvable problems with its entry criteria. The "becoming famous through" part is tricky and borderline. I'd have prefered "notable" rather than "famous" since it is much less loaded. And then there is the definition of "terminal illness". There are so many conditions that may or may not be terminal (AIDS, cancer) and many that will be terminal should the person not die of something else first (if you know what I mean) like prostate cancer or serious heart disease. There is too little to connect these people together to make a list like this a useful study tool IMO. Most of the people are also borderline notable
— User:Colin, 18:24, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:IDONTLIKEIT (Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions)