Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Byron David Smith killings


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The result was   keep.  MBisanz  talk 02:27, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Byron David Smith killings

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I don't see how this article is exceptionally notable then any other murder in this country. It was a double homicide nothing new, hear about them all the time on the news. WP:NOTNEWS  Jay Jay Talk to me 18:06, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Minnesota-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 20:25, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
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 * Keep. Easily meets WP:GNG. Notability has been established through national and international news coverage of this incident. See for instance Daily Mail, USA Today, and ABC News. The particularly grisly nature of the killings and the ramifications for the Castle doctrine in a year that has seen numerous controversial killings of the same ilk support an argument that this subject has enduring notability as described in WP:NOTNEWS. Gobōnobō  + c 15:27, 26 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep - yes meets WP:GNG. trough national and international coverage. Need expansion however but that is not a reason for deletion.--BabbaQ (talk) 22:15, 26 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete. Media frenzy =/= notability. In the wake of Sandy Hook the media pounces on any shooting, but being spread across cyberspace on many cites does not confer notability. Will there be any WP:PERSISTENCE to this case? Signs point to no. Tragic event but not something for an encylopedia. If the case becomes notable, then it might be articleworthy then, but arguing that the case will become notable and thus the article should be kept is WP:CRYSTAL or, at the very least, WP:TOOSOON. Wikipedia is not a news service. - The Bushranger One ping only 18:05, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment Actually this event took place before Sandy Hook.  Jay Jay What did I do? 20:25, 29 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 02:01, 30 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep. Deals w/ Castle Doctrine, which is an evolving legal theory in the US. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.104.151.10 (talk) 00:30, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
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