Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Disappearance of Kyron Horman


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The result was   keep. The article however should be checked to comply with the Biography of a living person policy (non-admin closure) Alpha Quadrant    talk    15:49, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Disappearance of Kyron Horman

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This article is an example of WP:SINGLEEVENT. I do hope that this missing person is found, but nonetheless, the subject of this article does not appear to meet the general notability guideline or the Notability (events) guideline. PROD was removed without comment. Onthegogo (talk) 02:31, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep clearly notable crime which has received national coverage: Google News Archive shows 832 hits. No comment was necessary on the PROD removal because the nomination was entirely without merit. Jclemens (talk) 03:33, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep - WP:SINGLEEVENT only applies to biographical articles. This article is about an unsolved crime.  If it was biographical, it would be titled Kyron Horman.  This disappearance has gotten national news attention, including multiple appearances on Dateline NBC.  &mdash;SW&mdash; babble 04:16, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep - the event of the kidnapping is tragic but has certainly gotten enough coverage to make it notable. If this were an article about the child it would be a different story, but this is not the case. Yaksar (let's chat) 04:33, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete - WP:NOTNEWS, just a variation of missing white woman syndrome; the drive-by media can't resist a missing precocious kid story either. Tarc (talk) 05:17, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. When the coverage of something like this goes beyond the local market (e.g. CBS Crimesider), it fulfills WP:GEOSCOPE/WP:EVENT. Location (talk) 05:58, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep - this continues to be covered by the media for more than six months (and is more than just a single event, as it has some subplots to it with the pending divorce), and that media coverage includes national coverage, thus passing the GNG. Aboutmovies (talk) 06:06, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Ditto the above keeps.AerobicFox (talk) 08:12, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment. The article reports very serious allegations against a living person, which though reported, were never adequately enough substantiated to support an arrest. Though these appear to be reliably sourced, they raise other issues under WP:BLP, WP:NOTNEWS etc which should be evaluated if the article is kept. Jonathanwallace (talk) 12:31, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment I am unsure of the notability so will not make a recommendation, but I agree with Jonathanwallace that the article, if kept, should be checked for conformity to BLP. (I have just changed a few uses of "claims" to "states".) Girlwithgreeneyes (talk) 17:55, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 22:53, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 22:53, 8 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep - for me.. no question about it. Keep.--BabbaQ (talk) 23:09, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep-- It could be disputed whether or not Kyron is notable, but his disappearance has got to be, with all the news coverage it has received. Jsayre64   (talk)  23:53, 8 March 2011 (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.