Talk:Deaths in November 2018

Nikki Delamotte
I am not convinced that Nikki Delamotte is notable. A 30-year-old culture reporter for a local newspaper? Zigzig20s (talk) 07:05, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
 * IMO, thirty days will tell us on this one. She was a journalist for a US publication with its own English language article here, the manner of her passing is eminently newsworthy judging by numerous entries in the Google search for her. Whether she will ever be deemed notable enough for her own article remains to be seen, I would have thought, and on that basis we usually keep for a month. Ref (chew) (do) 19:03, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
 * That's (partially) a half-truth. She wrote for Cleveland.com, a US website with no English language article nor straight news department of its own. It just licenses that sort of boring content from The Plain Dealer, sort of like a small-time newswire operation. More like cousins than sisters, in a business sense. InedibleHulk (talk) 03:12, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
 * It seems she was the victim of murder-suicide by her uncle. It is possible that an article Murder of Nikki Delamotte could emerge, which would make her eligible for inclusion here. WWGB (talk) 00:13, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Listing now deleted, no article after one month. WWGB (talk) 01:07, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

Wayne Maunder
Wayne Maunder seems to have died of a heart attack on November the 11th or 12th. This has been confirmed by many close people on social media and the usually reliable BootHill blog. Anyway a proper obit has not appeared yet and it is not guaranteed it will (strange, but something it goes like this). Can't we use this site as a source? Aveleyman is very reliable on those matters and I don't think it is a blog (at least blog is not contained in the url) and is written by experts I think. I think we could put Maunder up using this while we wait for a better source, but this should be acceptable. --Folengo (talk) 11:05, 17 November 2018 (UTC)


 * I think not. This is an individual's website, with no indication of reliability or fact checking. If indeed Maunder is dead, why have no mainstream sources picked up the story? WWGB (talk) 11:11, 17 November 2018 (UTC)


 * I'm not absolutely doubting his death. Unless all his friends wanted to prank the entire world Maunder is really really dead. It's just mainstream sources sometimes are not interested (why? only God knows) in deaths of those who, indeed, are not household names. We can only live in hope, but I'm 100% sure Maunder is dead. --Folengo (talk) 11:19, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Tell me about it. Only found out the other day that Babs Beverley, one of the British singing sisters, had died in October. And that was exactly when her entry was put into Deaths in October 2018 - very very late indeed. If a great media source doesn't see fit to report such a demise, we can't do a thing. Resorting to Twitter and Facebook, just to be clear in my view, would be the big slippery slope as an alternative. Ref (chew) (do) 16:16, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
 * the source you are in contact with who was able to help with J.E. Freeman, has he heard anything about Maunder by any chance? Rusted AutoParts  17:13, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Maunder will be largely featured in the upcoming film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, so he should get at least some mention in the press before the film is released.--Folengo (talk) 18:16, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
 * It will mostly come down to whether outlets can fully verify the death. Like I pointed out it took awhile to be able to source J.E. Freeman because at the time his wishes were to not have it announced at that time. It’s just gonna have to be a game of patience until we can cite it properly. Rusted AutoParts  18:23, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

There are some people that when they die want their deaths kept private for one reason or another. Most famous example I can think of was Beth Howland of Alice Fame. Her death was not announced by her husband until months past her death date. So if Mr. Maunder had those wished it could be awhile until we get official verification.
 * He's looking into it. He's trying to get in touch with Mr. Mauder's family. I'll let y'all know if/when he hears anything. Hopefully we'll have an answer soon. --ThylekShran (talk) 00:45, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
 * This confirms his death. Il Messaggero is one of the biggest and most reputable newspapers in Italy Plus Maunder's wife is Italian (from Naples I think), so no wonder it was firstly reported in Italy. --Folengo (talk) 16:11, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
 * And now The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. I’d say it’s case closed. Rusted AutoParts  17:42, 21 November 2018 (UTC)

Goran Stefanovski
Currently down here as having died on 28 November but his wiki entry says 27 November... --2001:BB6:A88:6B58:7938:273B:B170:FEEC (talk) 05:07, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
 * . WWGB (talk) 05:31, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

Fahmida Riaz dies twice
Currently down here as having died twice, on 21 and 22 November. Her wiki entry states 21 November. --2001:BB6:A88:6B58:7938:273B:B170:FEEC (talk) 05:33, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done. Although there seems to be some dispute among the sources about her year of birth and thus her age at death. But the sources seem consistent about the date of death. --Bsherr (talk) 06:15, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

Paul Ferris title change
Paul Ferris, down as having died on 16 November, has been moved from "author" to Paul Ferris (Welsh writer) to distinguish him from Paul Ferris (Scottish writer). As a result the "author" title has been redirected to Paul Ferris. --2001:BB6:A88:6B58:7938:273B:B170:FEEC (talk) 05:42, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done --Bsherr (talk) 06:18, 13 December 2018 (UTC)