Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Reginald Oliver Denny
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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The result was Withdrawn by nom. --Ave Caesar (talk) 02:12, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Reginald Oliver Denny
Delete and Redirect to L.A. Four Incident. All of this information is already in the article concerning the LA four incident. It's pointless to keep both of these articles especially since Denny is not independently notable per WP:BIO. Ave Caesar (talk) 15:09, 3 April 2008 (UTC) Withdraw --Ave Caesar (talk) 02:12, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
- Keep and Rename Denny was the posterboy for victims of the LA Rodney King riots. But according to Wikipedia:BIO#People_notable_only_for_one_event this does not warrant having his own page. I objected to the "merge" with the LA four incident because it was not handled properly, and the article was simply deleted without any attempt at moving some of the more useful information into the new article. LA four is 6kb while the Denny article is 10kb. Secondly, I think this article should be named the Reginald Denny incident becuase almost nobody remembers the "LA four" while Denny's name is largely associated with this event. Google searches for "LA Four" and riot returns 800 hits, while a search for "Reginald Denny" and riot returns 6,720 hits. Clearly, his name is more associated with this incident than "LA four." --ErgoSum88 (talk) 21:39, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
- ErgoSum88 is correct, Denny is far more notable than the perpetrators. We only need one article, though, and L.A. Four Incident is a POV-charged title that somehow highlights the brutal attackers. I suspect that Reginald Denny incident is a better title for that reason, although I feel no love for the tendency to add random words to biographies as a means of satisfying WP:ONEEVENT. --Dhartung | Talk 02:32, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
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- I have no objection to changing the title of this article to Reginald Denny Incident and then merging it with L.A. Four Incident. --Ave Caesar (talk) 07:55, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
- Delete unless citations from reliable sources are added to comply with the verifiability policy. Stifle (talk) 18:26, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
- I realize this article is mostly unsourced, but most of the information seems correct, and I am in the process of finding suitable citations for this article. --ErgoSum88 (talk) 17:01, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
- Keep A notable figure in events which have shown long term interest, one event is intended to apply to more trivial things than this--if it is thought to apply to the LA riots, its time to get rid of that rule entirely--Sources are adequate for the purpose. DGG (talk) 22:59, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
- Perhaps you could clarify which page this article should redirect to, I'm not sure I understand your position. --ErgoSum88 (talk) 17:01, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
- It looks he's in agreement with the nominator's rationale (delete and redirect to L.A. Four Incident). Nishkid64 (Make articles, not love) 18:57, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
- Keep Notable incident, DGG puts it well. Recommend that the LA Four article be merged to this one or deleted. Edward321 (talk) 01:25, 6 April 2008 (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.
