Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Howard Charles Liebengood


 * 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 delete. ✗ plicit  06:46, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

Howard Charles Liebengood

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Per recent talk page discussions at Talk:April 2021 United States Capitol car attack/Archive 1 and a bundled AfD discussion that I've opened earlier on the United States Capitol Police officers slain in the 1998 United States Capitol shooting, I've also decided to open a separate AfD discussion for Liebengood as well, per WP:SPLIT and WP:BLP1E.

Unlike Brian Sicknick, Liebengood's death isn't being classified as a homicide and there is no ongoing investigation into his death, since it's quite obvious how and why he died. He wasn't even laid in honor at the United States Capitol, a basis of notability that's currently being contested. At most, Liebengood will be a footnote in the broader context of the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol. Love of Corey (talk) 00:52, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
 * It's neither here nor there, but the death is still "under active investigation" according to Capitol Police Feoffer (talk) 03:34, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
 * The only investigation regarding Liebengood's death is whether it should be considered an in-the-line-of-duty death or not, not whether there are any suspects to be sought out in connection with that death. Love of Corey (talk) 05:08, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment/Weak Delete -- Liebengood doesn't fit the notability criteria. However his father already has a Wiki page. Howard Liebengood Sr Howard Jr has already been added to that article under #family. I suggest we merge this article into that paragraph since the death is not notable as much as tragic and fresh in the minds of people. If more information about his death in regards to the Capitol Riot attacks, then maybe he can get a stand alone page later.
 * Keep -- unlike other officers, Liebengood found minor celebrity as a professional auto racer prior to entering law enforcement, winning the Motorola Cup and sponsorship from major corporations.  In addition, Liebengood had a notable family background, law enforcement career, and death.  Contrast with, for example, Warwick Banks or Jon Dooley or any number of people who are truly only notable for their racing careers.  Feoffer (talk) 03:27, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment - Forgot this, but pinging the following editors from Talk:April 2021 United States Capitol car attack/Archive 1 and Articles for deletion/Jacob Chestnut for participation:, , , , , , , , , , , . Love of Corey (talk) 05:08, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Weak delete unless more sources are found. Per WP:NSPORTS, he doesn't qualify - the series is minor, and he wasn't even part of the main event. All news coverage I can find of his racing career is what I would consider "routine" - and very little is biographic at all, not to mention significant and independent. I could be swayed otherwise if (especially offline) sources can be found and presented that lend more notability to his racing career, but unless he is meeting WP:GNG based on those sources, he does not meet WP:NSPORTS for a presumption, let alone actual notability. -bɜ:ʳkənhɪmez (User/say hi!) 22:31, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete He is not notable for his death, and his sports role was not enough for notability either.John Pack Lambert (talk) 12:27, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment - Pinging more editors from Articles for deletion/Jacob Chestnut for participation:, . Love of Corey (talk) 07:57, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, jp×g 04:23, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment. Following Articles for deletion/Jacob Chestnut, the articles on Chestnut and Gibson are to be merged back into the event article. WWGB (talk) 04:39, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads-up. :) Love of Corey (talk) 22:06, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. jp×g 04:46, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. jp×g 04:46, 23 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete. His story can be told adequately in 2021 storming of the United States Capitol and the article of his father Howard Liebengood, WWGB (talk) 05:02, 24 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Huh. Did not know that article was a thing. Go figure. Love of Corey (talk) 18:47, 24 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Comments. My opinion has long been that evildoers should be exposed in Wikipedia for the harm they cause, but that has not been the consensus for as long. Bearian (talk) 17:47, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Uhhhhh...what? Love of Corey (talk) 23:43, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
 * It's the textbook WP:RGW opinion that Wikipedia should be used to be the place that exposes individuals for wrongdoing. That someone with 70k edits and advanced permissions believes in this is absolutely absurd. -bɜ:ʳkənhɪmez (User/say hi!) 23:49, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
 * So much for WP:NPOV I guess. Rreagan007 (talk) 03:56, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I still don't get it. Am I the evildoer? Is that what they're getting at? Or is it the creator of this article? Love of Corey (talk) 05:12, 28 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete. There's no way that this individual meets our notability requirements for his own article. Rreagan007 (talk) 03:54, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete Does not meet notability guidelines for a stand-alone article (WP:BIO1E, WP:NOTMEMORIAL) as seen by consensus in other recent AfDs. SportingFlyer  T · C  20:45, 28 April 2021 (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.