Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Death of Marilyn Monroe

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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 keep, with no prejudice against a merge. The 'D' in AFD stands for 'deletion', not 'merging'. Zetawoof(ζ) 21:52, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Death of Marilyn Monroe

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Cleanup of incomplete AfD nomination by Rodrigue (talk · contribs). I have no current opinion on the matter. -- Scientizzle 17:15, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

  • Merge Why do w need an article on the death of a celebrity who died like fifty years ago?Its certanly not because of the size of the page because the main article is only 39 kilobytesRodrigue 17:20, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
  • keep your point about article size is relevant, but saying "an article on the death of a celebrity who died like fifty years ago" isn't particularly I don't think. She was a huge cultural icon and her life and death was a significant event in American cultural history. SGGH 09:34, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
  • You might be right that her death had a bit of an impact on America,but so did the death of Elvis,James Brown, and the assasination of martin luther king,but none of those people have a death related article.So according to your logic, either this article is deleted or we create a similar article for every famous person that ever died.64.229.203.92 14:13, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
    • The section of the death of elvis, controversy and "elvis lives" could be a seperate article it if wanted, and should be, as the elvis article is huge, and there is no controversy or suspicion with James Brown's passing so yes "according to my logic" if there is something surrounding a death that is more than the death (huge controversy, conspiracy, massive outpour of support from around the globe, great cultural change etc) then a seperate article could be created, unless the death is the only reason the person is notable at all, that is. SGGH 21:00, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. I have a feeling this is a response-AFD to the nomination of Death of Anna Nicole Smith, but in this case it is a notable societal event that has spawned decades of speculation and non-trivial media coverage. Claiming an event (that only happened 45 years ago) is not suitable for a Wikipedia article due to its age is, with due respect to the nominator, ridiculous. I won't go so far as to claim a WP:POINT violation here, but if this nomination is at all connected to the Smith article, I recommend a read of the policy. 23skidoo 18:06, 16 March 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.