Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alfonso Rodriguez, Jr.


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The result was keep. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 16:36, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Alfonso Rodriguez, Jr.

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Notability claimed for a single event of very passing importance in the news. Just another guy with a rap sheet who was on the evening news for a week. Dybryd 04:30, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nominator. VoL†ro/\/Force 04:42, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong keep Notable criminal who has received widespread media coverage. His crimes resulted in his being the first person sentenced to death in the state of North Dakota in a century. Also, for what it's worth, Google returns over 11,000 hits for this individual . I realize that Google hits don't establish worthiness of having a Wikipedia article, but clearly we are dealing with a notable criminal here. Searching for "Rodriguez Sjodin" on Google (Sjodin was the victim) returns over 60,000 hits . --Matthew UND (talk) 07:22, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep per Matthew. Federal death penalty cases like this are not very common, and this seems to have generated sustained coverage.  Not a lot of Google News hits, but check out  for the level of local coverage.  I found a couple of stories citing that law enforcement priorities may have been affected by this case:, , .  Mango juice talk 15:11, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * And, CrimeLibrary.com, an excellent and reliable source, has a feature on Rodriguez in their "notorious criminals" section: . Mango juice talk 15:13, 8 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep per MANGOJUICE, this is a notorious individual who has received wide coverage by multiple reliable sources. Full stop.   Bur nt sau ce  17:54, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep or redirect to Dru Sjodin. Nearly all of the material is duplicated in that article. Clarityfiend 04:30, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
 * If we're going to reorganize, I think it's better to have the article at Alfonso Rodriguez, Jr. rather than at Dru Sjodin, but better than either would be to have the article at something like Dru Sjodin murder case. Mango juice talk 12:41, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
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