Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dale Earnhardt: Autopsy photographs controversy


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.  

The result was Redirected to Death of Dale Earnhardt. Substantive content appears to have already been merged. Non-admin closure per WP:DPR. Serpent&#39;s Choice 07:14, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Dale Earnhardt: Autopsy photographs controversy

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Goes into too much detail on a subject not deserving of its own article. A merge back into Dale Earnhardt was requested, but I feel that adding this much about this topic would unbalance that article. Dale Earnhardt already addresses the topic and, I would say, sufficiently. Recury 16:29, 16 January 2007 (UTC) The new article looks much better, nomination withdrawn. Recury 14:04, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Neutral, leaning toward delete, for similar reasons as the AfD above it. The Dale Earnhardt article has roughly enough there.  Editors should consider merging any points that would pass the hundred-year test, not just Wikinews-type content, to the parent article.  I've mentioned this AfD on the WikiProject NASCAR talk page.  Barno 18:00, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Changed vote after Agne27's merge of content. Endorse history merge of the two AfD'd articles to Death of Dale Earnhardt.  Parent article is being edited to trim death-related material and point to the new breakout article.  This death really did influence the sport, the safety-equipment industry, and state (and possibly federal) laws about the confidentiality of autopsy information.  Barno 14:31, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete this as original research from court documents. It was a very, very brief Big Deal, not historically notable outside of context. --Dhartung | Talk 20:06, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Change vote to merge with Death of Dale Earnhardt per suggestion of Agne in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dale Earnhardt: Controversy over the cause(s) of his death. Better approach overall, avoids the "controversy" copout. --Dhartung | Talk 05:45, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
 *  Keep , There was very much controversy over many months in my opinion (contrary to Dhartung's opinion). Keeping it in its own article serves to keep those ugly trivia sections out of Earnhardt's main article. Maybe it will help lessen the vandalism of that page too. RoyalbroilT : C 21:27, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I would also support the proposed merging of the two articles into an article called Death of Dale Earnhardt as a reasonable compromise. My primary concern is to not see Earnhardt main article dominated by the controversies. There is enough to encyclopedic material about the events after his death to warrant its own article in my opinion. I hope that next time an issue like this comes up that we can attempt to deal with it at WikiProject NASCAR first. It's on my watchlist! RoyalbroilT : C 02:23, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
 * change to Delete. The new Death of Dale Earnhardt article is very well written and covers both articles completely. Kudos to Agnes for such an excellent article! The old articles are no longer needed. I have left a message for Recury because I'm puzzled why he would stop this nomination when the deletion appears imminent now. RoyalbroilT : C 19:28, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep, IIRC, this was split from the main Dale Earnhardt article in order to keep the focus of the latter article on Earnhardt himself. —  Brother Flounder  22:48, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep, per BrotherFlounder. I also would recommend changing the title of the article to Dale Earnhardt autopsy photographs controversy to better stay in line with Wikipedia naming conventions. --Idont Havaname (Talk) 22:57, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge into Death of Dale Earnhardt per Dhartung. --Idont Havaname (Talk) 19:51, 18 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete as both unnecessary detail into a topic that is not nearly as big a deal as some people apparently think, and as obvious original research and synthesis of primary sources.-- Dmz5 *Edits**Talk* 23:07, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
 * neutral One reason to keep would be that the subsequent change in the law may be of interest to a somewhat different group of readersDGG 02:21, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and Dmz5. Static Universe 15:47, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge into Death of Dale Earnhardt. Hopefully there will be less POV and OR concerns Agne 13:46, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.