Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Erik Bornmann
changed from "delete", above). It appears that I may not have been reading the "full" article when I first commented, and there's a lot of smoke at the article's talk page (which, disturbingly, has been deleted). If it had been apparent that this person is connected to the legislature raids, and was included in non-trivial press coverage, I doubt I'd have been so dismissive of the article. POV issues alone aren't reason for deletion - it is possible to stick to the facts. At least one Canadian Presshttp://www.cp.org/english/online/OnlineFullStory.aspx?filename=n112065a&newsitemid=37290024&languageid=1 article is able to do so: "''Bornmann is alleged to have paid almost $30,000 to three B.C. government officials in exchange for government information and is a key witness at an upcoming trial that flows from a raid on the B.C. legislature.''" This was picked up in numerous publications and media outletshttp://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=%22erik+bornmann%22+%22canadian+press%22&meta=, as were older reportshttp://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/20040910/legislature_raid040910/20040910/?hub=Canada&subhub=PrintStoryhttp://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20040916/vasi_arrested_040915?hub=TorontoHome. This person is referred to as a "star witness" in this Globe and Mail reporthttp://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20061223.NATMASON23/TPStory/National/HYBritishColumbia/?pageRequested=all. The subject of this article certainly meets 
— User:Agent, 07:25, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:BIO (Wikipedia:Notability)