Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Death of Paul Walker


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The result was   redirect to Paul Walker. postdlf (talk) 19:00, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

Death of Paul Walker

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Sad but non notable yet. Too soon. Beerest 2 talk 20:07, 3 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Merge with Redirect toPaul Walker. I wouldn't say this isn't notable (half the internet erupted when the news first broke), but half the article reads like a basic biography and the rest is nothing new. It could easily be condensed to a paragraph or two in the main article.  Konveyor   Belt  20:25, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
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 * Redirect to Paul Walker - I see nothing to merge as of now as Walker's article already contains a Death section. This might reasonably pass WP:NEVENT in the future, so the redirect could be undone.  Taylor Trescott  - my talk + my edits 20:50, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Paul Walker per WP:NOTNEWS. If this had been a regular Joe instead of Paul Walker, this incident would never have made the news outside his home town. No reason to have a separate article. ---  Blanchardb -Me•MyEars•MyMouth- timed 20:58, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
 * That's a poor argument on the grounds that the person was already notable before and after the incident, whereas a regular Joe was unremarkable in the rest of his life.  Konveyor   Belt  22:06, 3 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Merge/Redirect - No need for a new article. Samwalton9 (talk) 21:12, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Paul Walker or delete. This is a pretty clear case of WP:NOTNEWS. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 00:21, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Merge (Changing my opinion to Delete, see below) since there is already an article about Paul Walker and this obviously belongs there; it's not a separate issue, it's central to that article. Is it possible to merge the information but not leave a redirect? This seems like a very unlikely search term; people are far more likely to simply search for Paul Walker. --MelanieN (talk) 01:01, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
 * On second thought, Delete. There is no need to merge any of this information; it is already present in great detail at the Paul Walker article, and this article contributes nothing new. --MelanieN (talk) 18:27, 4 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Merge - This is an episode in a biography and as a free-standing piece is a needless fork. Carrite (talk) 05:31, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
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 * Delete - While tragic, there's nothing extraordinary or notable about the incident that can not be covered in a paragraph or two at Paul Walker; if all you can say is "he died, and here's how", that isn't worthy of a spinoff article. The amount of media covering it in today's 24/7 saturated news market is not an indicator of standalone notability.  If there was something unusual or extraordinary here that saw sustained coverage over a long period of time, e.g. Death of Michael Jackson, then an article could be justified. Tarc (talk) 17:27, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Redirect. Walker's death is not notable independent of Walker. No need to merge, as the information in the main article is a superset of the information here. Lagrange613 18:34, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Redirect per Blanchardb and Lagrange613. There doesn't seem to be anything to merge. --BDD (talk) 19:12, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Redirect per above, with a brief check to make sure all the sources here are in the main article.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 04:45, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Paul Walker where most of this information is already included. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:29, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Paul Walker Pointless creation about the accidental, non-controversial, death of a minor celebrity. Snow close this and lets go build an encyclopedia. John from Idegon (talk) 04:36, 10 December 2013 (UTC)
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