Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lee Harvey

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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 merge to Tracie Andrews, which seems to have been done already. Sandstein 12:54, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lee Harvey

No assertion of notability in the article. I see no encyclopedic value. Unfortuantely, crime is not notable. Wikipedia is not a crime magazine. Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 04:19, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

  • Merge to Tracie Andrews or vice versa, whatever works best. Multiple BBC coverage - w/o having to examine any other source - was evidently a highly visible murder in the UK. Don't forget to control for "oswald" when googling. - crz crztalk 04:28, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge into Tracie Andrews. Only one article needed, at it would make more sense to point to her than vice-versa. youngamerican (ahoy hoy) 04:37, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
    • Comment I recommend that Tracie Andrews be included in this nomination for deletion- the articles are a criminal/victim pairing for the same incident Bwithh 04:38, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete (also delete Tracie Andrews if nominator choses to include that article.) Unencyclopedic - ordinary murder case which received sensationalistic media coverage (story seems to have had staying power for initial "road rage" angle and then the fiancee murderess angle). No apparent broader social/cultural/political impact. Wikipedia is not a news report archive or a memorial. Media coverage does not automatically translate to encyclopedic notability. See Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/George_Allen_Smith and subsequent deletion review for example of sensationalist media coverage of possible murder of recently wed husband being judged unencyclopedic (with closing subsequently endorsed at deletion). Bwithh 04:38, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep or Merge; when a crime gets enough media coverage, it's notable.--Prosfilaes 09:52, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per Bwithh. The subject itself is non-notable except for sensationalistic media coverage. --Doc Tropics Message in a bottle 23:59, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge into Tracie Andrews - significant case at the time, still referred to in local press. Note that the murder pre-dates the BBC News Online archive. Eludium-q36 13:53, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
  • keep or merge into T.A. many crimes are notable, and many recent murder cases will fall into the notable category. People want to know about them and we shouldgive a starting point. DGG 05:26, 28 November 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.