Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alice Walsh


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The result was   delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:36, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Alice Walsh

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WP:ONEEVENT; non-notable prostitute mentioned only for being murdered 100+ years ago, and a very tenuous link to Jack the Ripper. Possibly created via circumvention of the WP:Articles for Creation process by sockpuppets.  Falcon8765  (T ALK ) 06:46, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete Only cites are contemporary news reports: fails WP:CRIME.TheLongTone (talk) 08:01, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment. If a source can be found where an authority or trusted source remarks that Walsh might have been a Jack the Ripper killing, is it possible that this could serve as a redirect to Jack_the_Ripper?Tokyogirl79 (talk) 15:48, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Found one news source from the time period that speculates that she could've been a victim of JtR. I think it would probably be best to put a brief mention in the JtR article under "alleged victims", but I don't think she deserves a page to herself.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 15:49, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Then again, there's not that many recent sources that mention her as a victim. I'll post what I've written on the Jack the Ripper talk page in case it's decided that this should be a redirect.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 16:03, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 19:01, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 19:01, 29 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete as non-notable. Modern Jack the Ripper sources do not list her and outside the speculations of overzealous and unqualified NY reporters, there is no reason to connect this case with JTR. (socking was confirmed, btw.) ⋙–Berean–Hunter—►  04:54, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete per above reasoning. After discussing the sources, it became pretty clear that there just wasn't anything reliable and concrete as far as modern sources about the potential Ripper connection. It doesn't need to be a redirect or even a mention on the Ripper article.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 13:01, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete - does not appear to meet WP:VICTIM. Dori ☾Talk ⁘ Contribs☽ 01:27, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment - see also Florence "Diamond Flossie" Reilly. Dori ☾Talk ⁘ Contribs☽ 01:27, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment Novice here...Is it a bad thing that the article relies on evidence from the time? I'm a history major and we're taught we should use primary sources in our research. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.163.14.116 (talk) 14:27, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
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