Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shawn Woolley

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. — CharlotteWebb 21:43, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Shawn Woolley

Is this really notable? A guy who commited suicide who happens to be a games player? I understand it's had some news coverage, but this seems like some weird necrophilliac form of fancruft to me. Artw 16:33, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

• Keep [1] is just one of many links which can be used as cites. The broader issue of MMOGs and addiction, the video-game industry's demonisation by some quarters and backlash from quarters such as Child's Play (charity) and other parts of the videogaming world are all things which receive a lot of press, this is just one piece of the puzzle. QuagmireDog 16:47, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
• If it is notable, it is because of the coverage that the story got. If I remember correctly, his mother was on 60 Minutes accusing the game of causing the death. Perhaps it could be merged with the article for Game addiction since anyone interested in this case would undoubtably be interested in it because of the addiction allegations. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 156.56.137.90 (talk) 16:47, 9 October 2006 .
  • It's exactly because of that coverage that this can and should have a seperate article. This one can be cited and well-presented, Gaming addiction on the other hand is not well-written, is undergoing a merge proposal with Computer addiction and contains a subheading detailing the pathway of addiction with the line "These stages mostly work with the infamously addicting MMORPG Runescape". Funnily enough, RS is not amongst the games mentioned in the article for being played by someone who has died, yet it is 'infamously addicting' (notice there's no cite for that). Until it has been merged, had the POV/OR knocked out of it, has been cited etc. etc., that article is the last place something which can be cited should be merged with. The main article (when it eventually happens) can be wikilinked from Shawn Woolley's article, but when there are so many cites for this individual case there seems no reason to merge it. QuagmireDog 17:08, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, it's had sufficient news coverage to pass WP:BIO. We've got enough verifiable info on him to write a good article Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 22:58, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep as per above arguments. Ppe42 01:21, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Gil-Galad 17:25, 11 October 2006 (EST)
• Keep It's notable because he was the inspiration behind Liz Woolley's founding of her gaming addiction crusade. Jabrwock 21:36, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep It is important in the realm of videogames probably more than 90% of game news. Someone ending their life over a videogame is a big deal to me personally as a person who played EverQuest. Tyson Writesel 20:36 PM, 11 October 2006 (EST)
• Frankly, I don't see why we should delete a page just because someone believes it is not relevant enough. It is an interesting and even provocative story, and although it may not have any true value to anyone, it is interesting. I personally think it should be merged into a more general category, if not the Everquest series page itself, then perhaps an "Everquest controversy" page...
• Delete. This guy apparently didn't do anything notable during his lifetime, and his death doesn't warrant an encyclopedic entry about him. —Brim 18:42, 14 October 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.