Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Charla Nash


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The result was redirect to Travis (chimpanzee). Jujutacular (talk) 05:20, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

Charla Nash

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Inadequately sourced WP:BLP of a person notable primarily as the victim of a chimpanzee attack. This title has existed for six years as a redirect to our article about the chimpanzee (Travis (chimpanzee)), until being converted into a standalone biography yesterday — but per WP:BLP1E, we do not keep standalone articles about people who are notable for a single event. This impacts on the medical and personal privacy rights of a low-profile private citizen, as there's very little that actually can be written about her as a separate topic from the incident. And three references is not enough to claim that she warrants any kind of special treatment different from the way we would ordinarily handle any other comparable situation. I see that the article contains empty section headers for "Medical advances", "Legal battles" and "Legislative involvement" — if there really is anything encyclopedia-worthy that can be written about those things, substantively enough that it would constitute WP:UNDUE weight in the chimp's bio, then the appropriate solution would be an article titled and formatted as an incident article about the event (e.g. at 2009 chimpanzee attack, or some similar title which makes it clear that the event is the article's main topic). A full-on standalone biography of the victim, however, is not appropriate. Revert back to a redirect, without prejudice against the future creation of an incident article. Bearcat (talk) 15:11, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Charla Nash has participated in media interviews, legal battles, testimony to Congress, and several other noteworthy events since the 2009 attack. I would support the reformatting of the article to no longer include it in BLP, I just don't think all this information regarding Charla Nash and her life since the attack belongs on the Travis (chimpanzee) page. Unlike the owner Sandy Herold, who has done nothing of note that was not -directly- regarding the attack. Her legal battles with the State and her legislative actions, as well as her involvement in medical research are of particular note. Those are actions she took that go beyond the specific event, and merit inclusion somewhere besides as a footnote to the attack on the bio of the chimp. Redirect to 2009 chimpanzee attack ChimpanzeeThat (talk) 18:20, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Connecticut-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 22:48, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 22:48, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 02:43, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete. Nash is notable for only one event, the attack by Travis (chimpanzee). Her role is adequately covered in that article. WWGB (talk) 03:39, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete as per Nom and User:WWGB. Well covered in Travis (chimpanzee).  But good Lord what a horrible incident.  E.M.Gregory (talk) 17:55, 3 September 2015 (UTC)


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