Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cleft chin murder


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The result was   Snowball keep, withdrawn by nominator. I was not reasing the text carefully, sorry. `'Míkka>t 15:56, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Cleft chin murder

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A murder case without particular notability explained. `'Míkka>t 02:49, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
 * What, you mean besides the essay by George Orwell that is mentioned in the first sentence of the article, or the novel Night Darkens the Street by Arthur La Bern that it inspired? &#9786;  Whether this is best dealt with standalone or in Decline of the English Murder, is simply a matter of refactoring, not deletion.  But there's verifiable information to be had on both, as well as analysis of Orwell's essay.  You can look up the 1944-10-24 reports of the culprits' arrests on Google News, now, by the way.  And the 1945-01-19 reportage on the trial by the New York Times is accessible via the NYT's archives.  You can find it still being discussed in the newspapers some 59 years later here, too. &#9786; Uncle G (talk) 03:33, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep The notability seems clear. A crime used as the basis for subsequent notable works is notable, and there are good refs for the article.DGG (talk) 04:11, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. Crimes that are the inspiration for regulation changes and significant works of fiction (like those of Orwell) are notable. - Mgm|(talk) 09:38, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Orwell's essay was in fact non-fiction. Uncle G (talk) 13:57, 23 December 2008 (UTC)


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