Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brandon Vedas

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep.  RasputinAXP  c 17:19, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Brandon Vedas

This article is not notable, people OD everyday.

• Strong Delete --Vergardio 00:58, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
• Comment That's true, however, how many do it while chatting on IRC and broadcasting their continually worsening state over webcam? There's notability here in my opinion, because it raises an issue of the responsibility of his fellow chatters. --Burbster 01:02, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
• Comment Okay, but I want to remove See also links between this and Klerck. They're not really relevant here. --Vergardio 01:09, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per norm --Yunipo 05:30, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per notability explained by Burbster. Danny Lilithborne 21:23, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per above. People OD everyday, yes. But most do not intentionally broadcast it over the internet. The incident garnered national international attention, and as such deserves an NPOV documentation. --DarkAudit 22:55, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
• Weak delete I'm not really convinced, but if the above is true, I'm sure this article can be rewritten in such a way as to show importance, non-trivial coverage, etc. Regardless, he's not Kitty Genovese. GassyGuy 23:24, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

• Keep The intro of the article covers why it is notable: "His death led to considerable debate about the responsibilities and roles of online communities in life-threatening situations." Tarcieri 08:36, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

• Keep This incident was discussed in one of my university classes, very notable. Logicaldisaster 00:02, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Arizona Central, BBC, and New York Daily News (among others) have covered the incident, which satisfies notability and verifiability. --ColourBurst 02:32, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep -- well-known story with a widely-recognized tag line. Haikupoet 02:41, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - gets mentioned from time to time in all sorts of discussions, has had media coverage and other good sources. Yeah, it's a person famous entirely due to his death, but that's enough in this case. --wwwwolf (barks/growls) 10:51, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per everyone. Phr (talk) 12:10, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep -- unusual case that comes up often
• Keep -- Keep, this is noteable. There are other people whose deaths have propelled them to stardom. Thích Quảng Đức is a ready example, although not the only one. -Ich 03:11, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep -- Keep. This is an important article and is part of the history of the internet. -jax 20:15, 27 July 2006 (PST)
• Keep -- Keep. This article was semi-big news when it happened. This is more than just a drug overdose, it's about how it occured in a chat room with many people there who had did not call for anybody to help when he was dieing. Liquidtenmillion 05:40, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep -- Keep. He was an internet joke for quite a while. The GNAA even wrote a song about him. Foolish Child 15:54, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.