Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joey Watkins


 * 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.  Sandstein  18:29, 17 June 2018 (UTC)

Joey Watkins

 * – ( View AfD View log  Stats )

Per WP:PERP. Magnolia677 (talk) 18:11, 10 June 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep -- the case was the subject of a whole season -- 24 episodes in all -- of the Undisclosed podcast; that's the same podcast by Rabia Chaudry and others that uncovered witness coaching and mischaracterized cell phone evidence in the Adnan Syed case. It was a top-100 podcast in the US during most of the time it covered the Watkins case. The podcast also resulted a court case which lead to the Supreme Court of Georgia ruling that the tape of a trial is not an official Court record(!!) and hence does not need to be released to the public. Note additionally that the murder was in 2001, but coverage, which was initially just local, has expanded of late; both of the above recent references are from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution; if you go to the article, you will also see 2016 coverage from Rolling Stone. And here is one from the Chicago Tribune Pretty much all of the sourcing in the article is from 2016 or later; the conviction was in 2002.Adoring nanny (talk) 22:37, 10 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  MT Train Talk 13:23, 11 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions.  MT Train Talk 13:23, 11 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Georgia (U.S. state)-related deletion discussions.  MT Train Talk 13:23, 11 June 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete sounds like a WP:MILL crime - jealousy about a girlfriend, with MILL news coverage of crime and a smattering of post-conviction.E.M.Gregory (talk) 16:59, 12 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Strong delete Nothing about Watkins shows notability, and podcasts are a dime a dozen.John Pack Lambert (talk) 04:14, 15 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete - WP:PERP applies here. The perpetrator is not notable for any other reason, the victim of the crime is not a well-known figure nor is the motive unusual. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:34, 15 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Y'all are missing the difference between "perpetrator" and "person convicted". And that difference is precisely why this whole sorry thing is not run-of-the-mill at all. But whatever, you you want what you want, and I'm not going to make a big fuss.Adoring nanny (talk) 15:29, 16 June 2018 (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.