Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jessie James (murder victim)

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. Sr13 02:31, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jessie James (murder victim)

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Contested prod. Boy shot dead. Tragic - yes. Encyclopedic - no. Wikipedia is not a news site. One Night In Hackney₃₀₃ 13:35, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

• Delete-WP:BLP1E states that we shouldn't keep articles about people famous for just one thing-in this case, his murder. There are many, many murders every year, and most of the victims aren't sufficiently notable to warrent inclusion. This is one of those cases.--Rossheth | Talk to me 14:39, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
• Delete Wikipedia is not a directory of every murder victim in the world, nor is it a newspaper mirror site, nor is it a memorial site. Edison 15:04, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
• Delete Per above Corpx 15:08, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
• Delete After a lot of consideration. Cited and notable(ish) but as per User:Rossheth fails WP:BLP1E Pedro |  Chat  15:13, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
• Delete clearly per WP is not a memorial. Eusebeus 15:26, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. per ↑.--Edtropolis 16:21, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. Sorry, it's a shame the guy was killed in this manner, but being murdered doesn't make someone notable in itself. Fourohfour 16:45, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
• Keep Notable event. --Dezidor 20:11, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
  • How so? Thousands of people are murdered every day. If he was part of a gang war like the article says, that is even less notable. TJ Spyke 00:37, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
• Delete- per all of the above (except Dezidor). Eddie 20:54, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
• Delete While I feel sorry for his family, this boy's death doesn't seem at all notable since people get murdered every day and there is nothing special about his death. TJ Spyke 00:37, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - I was going to nominate this myself several months ago after I noticed MadMax had created many articles/memorials about murder victims. I previously nominated one of his articles which then got deleted, he appealed at DRV but the deletion was supported. There are dozens more on Wikipedia like this created by the same editor, some of the names don't even get a single Google hit. If anyone has the time or inclination, there are a lot of others that need to be deleted. He appears to be going through a crime encyclopedia and adding every non-notable victim to Wikipedia, unfortunately I don't have the time to check all his articles. Stacey Queripel is one I remember. Saikokira 01:25, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment; rather than going through the AfD for each individually (if the response is likely to be as overwhelmingly in favour of deletion as it is here), if they clearly breach the guidelines, it may be worth nominating them in bulk via the appropriate channel. Fourohfour 10:03, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per nom, and pretty much everyone else. Maxamegalon2000 05:32, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per all of the above. CAN 23:10, 23 June 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.