Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/H. H. Holmes: America's First Serial Killer


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:01, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

H. H. Holmes: America&

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Article was deleted through a prod last year because it has no sources, no indication of notability, and the article was created for self-promotion purposes by an account that did nothing but make articles about films created by this person and adding links to these articles in other articles. For some reason I do not understand, an admin restored it today thanks to a request by a single anon IP user months later and says an AFD is necessary instead. DreamGuy (talk) 19:58, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment I think articles deleted by a prod are always restored upon request. It is treated the same way as a contested prod, where no reason needs to be given (at least that is how it seems to be handled from what I have seen). Calathan (talk) 21:46, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Seems odd to me, but oh well. I can certainly file an AFD if I need to... and I did, obviously. DreamGuy (talk) 22:16, 4 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Weak keep in addition to the Screamfest award, it seems to have been somewhat widely reviewed. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  23:34, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - In addition to being an awarding winning film, there at at least 17 external reviews found on-line as mentioned above. Article meets the General Notability Guideline requirement "If a topic has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, it is presumed to satisfy the inclusion criteria for a stand-alone article."  The film has received a major award for excellence in some aspect of filmmaking, specifically the Screamfest Horror Film Festival award for "Best Horror Documentary" in 2004. Esasus (talk) 23:50, 5 March 2009 (UTC)


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