Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Italian State Police 1953 DUI Report


 * 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   speedy delete by User:Drmies. ... disco spinster   talk  14:31, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Italian State Police 1953 DUI Report

 * – ( View AfD View log )

Police report of unclear notability. "Perhaps one of the earliest cases" of DUI charges not sufficient to establish notability. Unreferenced and possibly a copyright violation. ... disco spinster   talk  18:34, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete Unsourced, not notable, possible hoax. Not only is the subject unreferenced, I am unable to make sense of the statement that this might be one of the earliest cases of DUI charges. Presumably the author means in Italy, but even that would not confer notability. At most it might get a mention in an article about drink driving law in Italy, and then only if there were clear sources and good reason - for example if it were claimed that there was a gap between the law being passed and any action taken to enforce it. For what it is worth, by the way, drink driving laws pre-date the motor car and applied to driving of vehicles in general, particularly horse drawn - for example it was made illegal in England and Wales in 1872. I'd be surprised if there were no legal controls in Italy until 1953. --AJHingston (talk) 00:49, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions.  — • Gene93k (talk) 01:00, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions.  — • Gene93k (talk) 01:00, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Italy-related deletion discussions.  — • Gene93k (talk) 01:01, 23 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Eh, Discospinster, I don't mean to out-admin you, but why don't I just delete this as a blatant hoax? (You're involved, which is probably why you haven't done that.) Drmies (talk) 01:03, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete as hoax. A search of the Google News Archives indicates that prosecutions and convictions for driving under the influence of liquor, driving while intoxicated, etc. long predate 1953. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 02:40, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅ There is no need to drag this out. Drmies (talk) 02:45, 23 June 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.