Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Heidi Hazell


 * 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   redirect to Provisional IRA campaign 1969-1997. (non-admin closure) TB  randley  (review) 18:01, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

Heidi Hazell

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Non notable biography per WP:1E Mo ainm  ~Talk  06:13, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Thoroughly notable incident, mentioned in prominent newspapers 6,000 miles away and publicly condemned by the British PM and the West German government. I can move the article to "Murder of Heidi Hazell" if you prefer, but it's clearly too notable for deletion. --FergusM1970Let's play Freckles 12:12, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

OK, done. I've moved it to Murder of Heidi Hazell. Problem solved! --FergusM1970Let's play Freckles 12:15, 3 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Provisional IRA campaign 1969-1997 and mention her in a single sentence, per WP:1E and WP:CRIME. Do we really need an article on every one of the IRA's 1800+ victims. Her death was unfortunate but had no lasting ramifications. Sionk (talk) 15:29, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Redirect as per Sionk. Like most "Murder of..." articles, this may pass WP:GNG based on news coverage but it fails WP:NOTNEWS - since it only covers one event without any significant repercussions. Might be worth a brief mention on the PIRA campaign page. Funny  Pika! 23:19, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
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Retain article - as well as the comments at the time, including as noted in the article the German Foreign Minister and the British Prime Minister this event and person is still notable. For example, in 2011 in an article for the Sunday Independent it says " Germany was particularly outraged over the 1989 killing in Dortmund of Heidi Hazell, the civilian German wife of a British soldier". If it is still being explicitly referred to in the mainstream media over 20 years later and cited for its impact on German opinion then this event passes any reasonable test of notability.--Flexdream (talk) 16:29, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect as above. A standalone article on this topic is always going to have issues of WP:BALANCE, so it's best to integrate it into a long-form article. Stuartyeates (talk) 04:31, 10 March 2013 (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.