Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Patrick Dorismond

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. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 10:48, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Patrick Dorismond

tagged db-bio but notability is asserted. However, WP:NOT a cellotaph. Sad, yes, but not the stuff of encyclopaedic biography. Guy 22:41, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. His notability is there; the story was a big issue in New York, on par with Abner Louima and Amadou Diallo. The article is quite POV; there's an overt anti-Giuliani and anti-NYPD bias. However, that can be fixed with cleanup, as there are ample sources to improve the article and make it less of a cellotaph. SliceNYC 00:14, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep and dis-POV (is it really necessary to lead with his family status?) per SliceNYC, though I'm not sure how far you can get from Columbus Circle and still be someplace he's notable. I recognized the name immediately, but I'm from Brooklyn.–♥ «Charles A. L.» 18:32, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Echoing the statements above, really. This was an issue in NYC, and is certainly something that someone who is researching Giuliani or the NYPD should be aware of. Needs cleanup, but not deletion. TheGrandHooHa 02:46, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Notable. Especially since Giuliani may run for president, all actions and decisions he made would come under scrutiny.Muntuwandi 02:49, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete If there can be demonstrated a need for this article and others like it, a suggestion would be to merge into a NYPD incidents article, along with Ousmane Zongo et. al. OBILI 15:05, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - Notable incident, well known in New York and covered by the press to a persuasive degree. Serpent-A 08:42, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

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