Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Taylor Bradford

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 delete -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 12:13, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Taylor Bradford

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A student athlete, notable only for his death. Jmlk17 06:55, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

• Delete A non-notable student. How was this guy famous before his death? He wasn't. WP isn't a tribute site/memorial. Delete. Lugnuts 07:19, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
• Delete It's unfortunate, but people get murdered every day and there doesn't seem to be anything notable about him. TJ Spyke 07:28, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
• Delete Although the information in this article can be easily verified, the subject is not notable at all before his death. Wikipedia is not a tribute or memorial site. --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 08:48, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per WP:BLP1E - leaving aside the circumstances of his death, he does not meet the notability criteria. --B. Wolterding 12:49, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. I think the reaction to his death (closing of classes on a large public university) alongside his notability as a Football player with multiple, non-trivial reliable sources is enough for a keep. Consider the AfD on Keeley Dorsey.--Thomas.macmillan 13:35, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
  • The closing of campus after a murder is common now after the Virginia Tech shootings, a cop was killed several miles away from my college two weeks ago, and class was canceled the next day because the suspect was still on the loose. 131.94.65.85 02:51, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
• delete - death doesn't make one notable. If it did, we would all be notable one of these days. Iamchrisryan 13:58, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Delete.It's not very informative. I say delete it.--Rory666 05:59, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

• Strong Keep Even though he was not a very well known player on campus, he was known for his leadership and his senseless murder should be noted. I'm sure there is a page for everyone of the Virginia Tech victims. Why not keep this one? People in the future would want to know how a player possibly made a difference in a football team's season. It could be expanded on by using the University's player information pages. I say if it is deleted, move his information to an article that could be created for the 2007 Memphis Tigers football season that could recap games, injuries, stats, etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.146.169.186 (talk • contribs) — 70.146.169.186 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
• Delete didn't even play in a game for the Memphis Tigers according to the article. Carlossuarez46 23:25, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
• Keep A lot of people are "only notable for their death". That alone is not a good enough reason to delete. nut-meg 18:47, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
  • If they are notable only for their death, they most probably do not qualify for inclusion since they gained attention only for one newsworthy event, and Wikipedia is not a news site. That is a very good reason to delete. --B. Wolterding 18:57, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
    • Then we will have to do a lot of deleting. Laci Peterson, Polly Klaas, Marcus Fiesel Dantrell Davis all only notable for their deaths, all only notable for one event in their lives. Just because it is news, does not mean it isn't notable. If this was just some local news story, you'd be right. This was, and still is a national story. nut-meg 19:33, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

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