Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scott Peterson (disambiguation)

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 of the debate was NO CONSENSUS. The current way just won't do, though, because the article Scott Peterson needs to be something other than a redirect. So I propose one of two solutions:

1. Move Scott Peterson (convicted murderer) to Scott Peterson, or
2. Move Scott Peterson (disambiguation) to Scott Peterson. — JIP | Talk 11:17, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Scott Peterson (disambiguation)

After editing the page and realizing one of the Scott Petersons listed did not have the last name Peterson, I've come to the conclusion that this page isn't necessary. At this point, the only Scott Peterson listed other than the convict is a staff writer for the Christian Science Monitor, who does not have a Wiki page. This man isn't exactly a well-known journalist...I did a quick search for random staff writers for the New York Times (which has many more readers than the Monitor) and came up empty handed.

I'm sure very few people look up Scott Peterson in hopes of reading about the journalist; and even if they do, he doesn't have a page. I believe this page was created just so people could add the "(convicted murderer)" tag on the Scott Peterson page. Either way, I don't think this is needed. --Marco Passarani 22:29, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Fixed listing at this time. Abstain Xoloz 05:16, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

See below for important new developments. Xoloz 18:09, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

• Delete and redirect to Scott Peterson (convicted murderer). No need for a disambiguation page until another Scott Peterson comes along. Bjelleklang - talk 10:36, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete this disambiguation page and move the Scott Peterson (convicted murderer) article to Scott Peterson. -- Kjkolb 11:50, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per nom (and please move Scott Peterson (convicted murderer) to Scott Peterson. The "convicted murderer" part is not necessary, because there is only one Scott Peterson on Wikipedia. It's clear enough from the article that he's a convicted murderer, there's no need to mention that in the title as well.). Aecis 11:51, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, move Scott Peterson (convicted murderer) to Scott Peterson, and then redirect the disambig to that. --Jacqui ^{★ 14:34, 27 October 2005 (UTC)}
• Delete and move as per above. MCB 01:28, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
• This is a perfectly normal disambiguation between two encyclopaedia articles with the same title. Whether the disambiguation is a primary-topic disambiguation or an equal-weight disambiguation is a simple matter of whether Scott Peterson redirects to this article, to Scott Peterson (convicted murderer), or to Scott Peterson (writer). There is no need to delete anything or to rename anything in order to settle that, and the place for discussing any disagreement over the type of disambiguation is Talk:Scott Peterson. Keep. Uncle G 14:29, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
• Comment: until you created the article, there was no need for disambiguation as only one article existed. -- Kjkolb 03:18, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
• Strong Keep Well, now that Uncle G has made an article for the writer (and the writer seems notable), the page needs to be kept. Suggest to closer that other deletion votes be voided after significant change. I agree with Kjkolb that Uncle G's tone was odd, since only his actions redeemed the page, and voters before that change deserved no reprimand. Xoloz 18:09, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
• Comment: since most people are probably looking for the murderer, I would put the disambiguation at the top of his page, though. -- Kjkolb 19:01, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
• keep -- two guys with the same name -- obvious need for a disambiguation page. -- Geo Swan 23:54, 3 November 2005 (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.