Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Billy Williams (spammer)


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The result was   DELETE. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JodyB (talk • contribs)

Billy Williams (spammer)

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Barely notable, "one event", sensational BLP. Even the title is probably a BLP violation.  MBisanz  talk 20:27, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. Tens of thousands of events, not just one. Additional coverage is available: See http://www.kitv.com/news/5591303/detail.html, for example. -- Eastmain (talk) 20:58, 25 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Weak Delete per WP:NOTNEWS. Essentially this is the report of someone who was arrested for a crime and convicted.  Okay, there are citations to that effect.  But while spam e-mailers are a popular subject at the moment, one person being fined for a non-violent crime doesn't strike me as particularly important in an encyclopedia. "Not News" is a gray area and a judgment call, but it strikes me that the only links/footnotes for this case are local TV and local newspaper, highlighting that this subject is not of national importance (and arguably not even statewide importance).  -Markeer 21:21, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:01, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Urgent rename needed. No opinion as to the viability of this article, but at present this individual is only alleged to have committed certain acts. To title this article "spammer" is a violation of WP:BLP and legally dangerous as there is a court issue currently ongoing. I would rename it now myself but I am uncertain as to whether article moves are allowed once an AFD procedure has begun. 23skidoo (talk) 03:07, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete huge WP:BLP problem and this person is really only notable for one series of events. JBsupreme (talk) 04:30, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This was one of the first articles I wrote for Wikipedia, if not the first, hence the problems which abound. Don't feel bad about deleting it if he's truly non-notable -- I was thinking, not long after I wrote it and several other articles about spammers, that it might be better to amalgamate all the small-time spammers into a single article! Dave-ros (talk) 10:14, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions.   -- Raven1977 (talk) 18:20, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions.   -- Raven1977 (talk) 18:21, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete per G10  Dloh  cierekim  01:25, 30 October 2008 (UTC)


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