Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Death of Delbert Belton


 * 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   delete. With many of these WP:NOTNEWS deletions, if there is continued coverage of the crime and leads to any lasting effect on legislation and the likes, it can always be recreated without any issue. Until then CRYSTAL applies as well (though there is clear consensus this fails NOTNEWS) Secret account 03:03, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Death of Delbert Belton

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Contested PROD. Doubtless an awful and inhumane event, but unfortunately not especially unusual, and no indication of WP:LASTING significance. BDD (talk) 20:04, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Since they already caught one of the guys, I don't see this becoming a particularly unusual case.  Taylor Trescott  - my talk + my edits 20:05, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Also, should this survive, it should probably be moved to Murder of Delbert Belton.  Taylor Trescott  - my talk + my edits 20:06, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Not per WP:BLPCRIME. --BDD (talk) 20:08, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry, forgot about that... thought they already arrested the two suspects. Should pay more attention.  Taylor Trescott  - my talk + my edits 20:15, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
 * They have arrested suspects, but no one's been convicted; that's the more important measure. --BDD (talk) 20:24, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. --BDD (talk) 20:06, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
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 * Delete News story not encyclopaedic content, fails WP:NOTNEWS with no demonstrated lasting effect or significance.  LGA talk  edits   20:42, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete per NOTNEWS. Carrite (talk) 00:16, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep Meets GNG, lasting effect cannot be effectively judged so close to the event. Given the facts of the case, it may become another Murder of Jesse Dirkhising, most notable for the political use of the event rather than the crime itself. Jclemens (talk) 03:28, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete ; that it may become of significance beyond news at some date is not a reason to treat it as being beyond merely news now, just as any person being born may become of sufficient notability but is not proper for an article until they do. --Nat Gertler (talk) 05:02, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep. It has received a lot of media attention and many people all over the country are suggesting it to be a racially motivated crime, which may rise the magnitude for the seriousness of this crime. However, hate crime charges have not yet been filed. Due to the victim's age, it also makes it an even more disturbing and somewhat of an unusual crime. For now, I may be learning towards a keep. Cyanidethistles (talk) 06:35, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and NOTNEWS -Drdisque (talk) 22:16, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete - Fails Notability (events). No evidence that there will be any lasting effects or coverage beyond a relatively short news cycle. --Hirolovesswords (talk) 14:55, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete delete delete. Who is writing these crime reports? This is WP not a crime blotter. 70000 shot every year. We don't have the capability to document every one of these incidents. -165.132.180.167 (talk) 14:43, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment: Did you even read this article? This wasn't a shooting, it was a beating. Also, this beating received a lot of media attention, and while I am not sure that it should have its own article, it received a LOT of media attention, thus causing a person to make an article about this incident. 98.207.226.90 (talk) 18:57, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep: Due to the increased attention this murder has received in the print, television, and social media circles, it is more notable than other crimes, and will surely continue to receive heightened media attention during the trials of the two suspected assailants. -- Caponer (talk) 01:49, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep - user Caponer says it all. WP:GNG as well.--BabbaQ (talk) 18:13, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
 * In my opinion, citing the GNG on what is still a fairly recent event isn't the best thing to do. The GNG talks about how something is presumably notable if it has received lots of coverage, guidelines of WP:EVENT, which this is, say otherwise.  Taylor Trescott  - my talk + my edits 00:50, 1 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete Per WP:RECENT. Fails the 10 year test.-- Auric    talk  13:39, 1 September 2013 (UTC)


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