Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cesar Rene Arce (2nd nomination)


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The result was speedy keep. Nomination withdrawn. (non-admin closure) 4meter4 (talk) 18:26, 19 June 2021 (UTC) AfDs for this article:

Cesar Rene Arce

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This biographical article is about a non notable individual whose only claim to notability was his murder. Delete per WP:NOTMEMORIAL, WP:NOTNEWS, and WP:BIO1E. 4meter4 (talk) 03:11, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Engr.  Smitty   Werben 05:09, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
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 * Keep meets GNG. There was extensive coverage at the time of the shooting in 1995. I have just added book sources from 2000, 2003 and 2007. Here's another 2003 source, a French book on theatre that mentions them. Here's a 2004 book called "legacies of Lynchburg" that goes into the story in decent depth. It's enduring. Someone with knowledge of crime topics might fix the title (Shooting of Cesar Rene Arce?)  --- Possibly &#9742; 05:30, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
 * The Arce shooting is also discussed in a half page section the Routledge Handbook of Graffiti and Street Art (2016), page 440. Now that I have read multiple sources, it's plain that the notable topic is the shooting. The shooter, who had just killed an 18-year old kid, was called a hero in Los Angeles. The shooting polarized the community. He had a lot of supporters for the killing, which in turn enraged others. This is what all the coverage is about, so I think it should definitely be renamed Shooting of Cesar Rene Arce after the AfD close. --- Possibly &#9742; 06:40, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
 * You may want to change and bold your vote from keep to “move”, which is a viable vote at AFD, for clarity sake for the closing admin. I can see the topic change being possibly notable, and it side steps the issues raised in the nomination by moving the article. Best. 4meter4 (talk) 11:31, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm fine with it the way it is. Withdrawing the AfD might be appropriate, seeing as there are 15+ good sources spanning 21 years. --- Possibly &#9742; 11:36, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
 * In retrospect, I should have thought of a topic change myself and made a move proposal instead of taking it to AFD. Your comment makes a lot of sense. Do you think this needs a move proposal, or should I just withdraw and move it myself?4meter4 (talk) 11:42, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I think you can withdraw this and then move the article after the close. --- Possibly &#9742; 18:09, 19 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Keep - WP:PERSISTENCE and WP:DIVERSE are being met in a perfectly sufficient way here. I'm also in agreement with the previous proposal to rename the article to Shooting of Cesar Rene Arce. per your last comment I think you'd be fine moving it yourself since the case for doing so is sufficiently obvious. /Tpdwkouaa (talk) 17:46, 19 June 2021 (UTC)


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