Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Don Murphy (2nd nomination)
Yes he passes the guidelines, but they are just that; ''guidelines''... not a policy set in stone or a suicide pact.  Guidelines are not meant to be a hard and fast rule.  There is no reason we absolutely have to have an article on a person just because they meet the letter of , any more so than we absolutely have to delete an article just because the subject does not meet the criteria of .  Guidelines are meant to be applied with judgment. Having an article doesn't make Wikipedia an inherently better encyclopedia
— User:Isotope23, 15:36, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:BIO||WP:BIO (Wikipedia:Notability)