Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Claude Green


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The result was   delete. Biblio worm  00:44, 15 November 2015 (UTC)

Claude Green

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WP:BIO1E, resting on one single news article for sourcing, of a person notable primarily for an allegation of contributory negligence by the police in his death. But for the life of me, I can't find any indication in a Google News search that the lawsuit filed in response ever actually went anywhere; even on the ACLU's website, the last "update" posted to his case is a 2006 denial of a motion to dismiss the suit, with nothing posted since then and no reliable source coverage locatable to verify anything more recent than that either. This just isn't enough notability to warrant permanent coverage in an encyclopedia — and because WP:BLP applies to all people named in an article, not just the subject, we have to give some thought to the reputational harm that can be caused to the defendant in the lawsuit as well: if we can't verify that Robert Bowman was ever actually found guilty of anything, then for WP:BLPPRIVACY and WP:PERP reasons we shouldn't keep an article about the matter at all if it's sourced this poorly. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 23:05, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete I agree completely with Bearcat's analysis. This person is not notable. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  00:00, 8 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete - a criminal case with no lasting implications. - üser:Altenmann >t 00:07, 8 November 2015 (UTC)


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