Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kalwant Singh (drug trafficker)


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The result was keep.  —&#8288;Scotty Wong &#8288;— 18:48, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

Kalwant Singh (drug trafficker)

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Fails WP:CRIMINAL. Nothing in the article indicates he was some outstanding drug dealer and the seized drug amount is just 120 grams. The referencing largely relies on media circus with no lasting impact. In a bigger picture, Capital_punishment_in_Singapore show that each year several people get executed in the country on various charges, including drug trafficking. Brandmeistertalk  15:24, 8 July 2022 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   05:10, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Malaysia-related deletion discussions. Brandmeistertalk   15:24, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Crime and Singapore. – robertsky (talk) 17:25, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. – robertsky (talk) 18:16, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep. The case of Kalwant was one of the high profile cases that highlights how, from the POV of the activists and international organizations, the death sentence only affects the drug runners and not the kingpins, and it also receives international media coverage during the final years/months leading up to his death. If it means that every article should be deleted for not having long-lasting effects, does it mean that Shanmugam Murugesu should have been deleted as well? NelsonLee20042020 (talk) 02:06, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep Executions in Singapore are controversial and now more notable as they are not frequent, especially as it was for drug trafficking and not murder. The subject is receiving widespread and international coverage across the globe, including in the United Kingdom and the United States:, Inexpiable (talk) 13:37, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete To your own point, the matter of significance is the acts of the state of Singapore. The specifics of any criminal are circumstantial to both the coverage and the media's interest in covering the story.  GreatCaesarsGhost   19:25, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I beg your pardon, but think about it, the whole world singled out Singapore specifically due to the international law standards which did not include drug trafficking as one of the worst offences (they should have included it actually), and Singapore did not follow it. It was precisely why they have such sensitivity to paid this particular attention to Singapore executing drug traffickers--NelsonLee20042020 (talk) 00:54, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep He was getting coverage since 2017. Recent events have also brought international coverage per Kalwant Singh (drug trafficker). REDISCOVERBHARAT (talk) 07:53, 10 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep Anti-death penalty movement in Singapore has been going strong since Nagaenthran. These people are the embodiment of the movement, at least during this period of protests. -Jiaminglimjm (talk) 19:39, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete per GreatCaesarsGhost. This amounts to coatracking of advocacy against the death penalty. Stifle (talk) 10:06, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Keep: The subject seems notable enough thanks to media coverage and the international response to the incident. StartOkayStop (talk) 05:31, 17 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Keep: This article is dealing more with the capital punishment debate as well been notable enough for large Marcia coverage. The fact the drugs were in such a small quantity adds to general discourse of the capital punishment debate — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bizcallers (talk • contribs) 20:16, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep, yes it might need tidying up but there is plenty of coverage here. >> Lil-unique1  (  talk  ) — 23:19, 27 July 2022 (UTC)


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