Talk:Tesslynn O'Cull

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A fact from Tesslynn O'Cull appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 6 August 2007.

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[edit] Candidate for Deletion?

this is encyclopedic? Other encyclopedias have articles on this girl?? I'm confused.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.250.65.130 (talk • contribs) 17:04, August 6, 2007

Certainly seems encyclopedic to me. Particularly the fact that the severity of her case prompted officials to utilize O'Cull as the poster child for the cause against child abuse. (Joseph A. Spadaro 17:08, 6 August 2007 (UTC))

Good point, dude. I take back my vote.

But see WP:DIGNITY, which has been used as grounds for the speedy deletion of a whole host of other articles on people whose primary or exclusive notability comes from being victims of childhood sexual abuse, on the grounds that this article will come up near the top of a Google search and it's not right to brand them with something they had no voice in originally. Daniel Case 18:01, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

On the other hand, unlike most of those other victims, she's dead. So it may well be kept. Daniel Case 18:03, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

The only relevant guideline should be WP:BIO. Currently I don't think there are enough WP:RS to meet the threshold. The WP:DIGNITY item is only an essay, plus the speedy grounds are only if the article was an attack page which this does not appear to be. It (as a series of other related articles by the same author) does seem to be propaganda, but can be edited to remove most of this and meet WP:BIO. Aboutmovies 18:16, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lacking

This article is lacking anything about Tesslynn's biological father. I was having troubles sorting out all of the last names. There should be something regarding birth and how she came to live, initially, just with her mother. --EarthPerson 21:18, 6 August 2007 (UTC)