Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anthony Anderson (urinator)

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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 Delete — Caknuck 22:54, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Anthony Anderson (urinator)

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Constested prod. Fails WP:BLP1E and WP:NOT#NEWS. h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 18:47, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete anybody whose claim-to-fame is peeing is pretty clearly outside the scope of an encyclopedia. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 19:31, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep and rename This guy got quite alot of coverage in the media for this (IE notable), but this article should be renamed as Anthony Anderson (criminal). Lugnuts 20:20, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
There's more than one criminal with that name. Wikipedia already has an article for Anthony Anderson (murderer). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.161.49.188 (talk) 05:17, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom who is exactly right. --Malcolmxl5 21:05, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. It makes for great copy, but it doesn't appear to have been significant. --Dhartung | Talk 21:25, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete, Wikipedia isn't a news source. Stifle (talk) 23:02, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
  • delete - in the article's favour, he did achieve temporary notability as demonstrated in the sources, and the article can indeed be re-written in a way to avoid BLP problems. However, notability is not temporary, and unless there's any proof out there that this fellow's going to remain notable for having once peed on a dying woman, there's not much reason to keep this article. AllGloryToTheHypnotoad 23:09, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong keep. Has gotten extensive international news coverage, and will likely be the subject of sociological study and writing for some time to come. Is certainly notable as the first man to be convicted of urinating on a dying person. Has also been of interest to feminists as an example of patriarchy in action... Helvetica 18:33, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete due to WP:BLP1E. However, I agree that the event might be notable in UK (if the article's maintainers can provide reliable references to prove that there is an extended reaction or news coverage) and a new article describing it might pass notability --Lenticel (talk) 01:54, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
  • delete No one will remember this is a few weeks time. This is not encyclopedia material. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kiehnm (talk • contribs) 15:33, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete: Disgusting cruft and nonsense. 216.194.2.111 13:10, 5 November 2007 (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.