Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brian Glick


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   delete. -- Cirt (talk) 04:21, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Brian Glick

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The article's subject is known only for one event. Sad, but there seems to be little encyclopaedic notability. Ohconfucius ¡digame! 03:08, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 03:24, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
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 * Delete. Fails the various criteria in WP:EVENT. No coverage outside of the regional area. Location (talk) 05:27, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete. Wikipedia is not a news repository, nor a list of all the murders in the world. His death is sad, but it does not seem to be a notable one. Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:47, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
 * There were 155 murders in the state of Minnesota in 1993. Most of them received little notice in the local media. This murder was well documented for 2 years. The sources include only print sources in a couple of papers that are easily accessible through library databases, thus excluding radio and television coverage, as well as print matter that was not digitized. David Straub (talk) 15:43, 10 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep - Why should we delete so many crime articles so lightly.. I dont see any issues with having thi article who has been on wikipedia since 2006 on. If no one has spotted a problem with it for so many years I find it hard to believe there to be a cause of concern. Also regional story doesnt equal non-notable per fact, also Wikipedia is infact built on news.--BabbaQ (talk) 15:25, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:EVENT, and if the article has been up since 2006, that's not a reason to keep it, just more evidence there are likely many older articles out there about non-notable subjects people haven't reviewed yet.Jimsteele9999 (talk) 17:38, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete That city probably has a homicide every other month; we could probably write an article like this on each of them.  The fact that it is possible to write such articles doesn't mean that it's desirable for Wikipedia to have articles on run of the mill crimes.  WhatamIdoing (talk) 23:07, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but the WP:MILL doesn't hack it here. Take a look at the page, it refers to names of stores and prep-sports athletes.David Straub (talk) 15:43, 10 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Strong Keep - The murder of Brian Glick was a significant event in Minnesota in 1993-95. While the deceased was not notable, the event was widely covered in the state media, particularly for it's brutality. This article is based on [Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources|reliable sources] and occurred at the dawn of the internet age and is therefore not well represented through simple google searches. From 1993 to 1995 there were 482 murders in the state of Minnesota and including one that was well covered is very much encyclopedic. I've published articles in several hard print encyclopedia's published by academic publishers (Encyclopedia of the Jewish diaspora, (Encyclopedia of the Veteran in America), (Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life) and I can say that idea that an article would not appear in a standard 10 volume encyclopedia of everything is irrelevant, as there are hundreds of specialized encyclopedia's published each year. Notability in academia is determined by context and in this article the context is Minnesota, not the world (and the article is tagged appropriately). If we just want this site to be a wikibritannica, then the name should be changed.David Straub (talk) 16:39, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete fails WP:VICTIM. The test is long standing notability as per WP:EVENT. Not if it was just got a lot of coverage in Minnesota at the time. LibStar (talk) 15:31, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
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