Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Derek Brown (murderer)


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The result was   delete. Cirt (talk) 08:05, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Derek Brown (murderer)

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See WP:BLP1E. This person has no historical significance that would merit an article, nor are there any truly biographical sources (where he, rather than the one event he gained notoriety for, is the subject of the source). Wikipedia shouldn't be a publisher of true crime accounts. He committed a murder that was briefly the subject of news reports, and that is all. But Wikipedia is not a newspaper. Delete. Dominic·t 13:02, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. It is unfortunate that there are many criminals of this sort, and Wikipedia doesn't need articles about all of them.  In fact, I recently decided not to write an article about Anthony Kirkland, whose crimes were both worse and more widely covered, because I didn't think that he passed the bar set by WP:BLP1E. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 13:08, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions.  -- Ron Ritzman (talk) 13:17, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions.  -- Ron Ritzman (talk) 13:17, 15 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom, and all the NOTs. Ohconfucius (talk) 14:29, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete He failed in his attempt to become famous, and fails WP:BIO. (There should be an essay WP:RIPPER that says we avoid giving articles to guys who kill women because they want to be famous like Jack the Ripper). Edison (talk) 15:28, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete as WP:NOTNEWS. Chris Neville-Smith (talk) 18:08, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete as not historically notable. As the guy who uses the name of the murderer of Batman's parents would say, this is an "ordinary murderer".  The guy evidently craves fame, glad he got caught before he could add to it. Mandsford (talk) 19:39, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete: Per WP:BLP1E. Joe Chill (talk) 21:18, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Not enough notoriety or news coverage to be notable New seeker (talk) 14:36, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
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