Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Karl Bluestone (2nd nomination)


 * 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. Skomorokh 06:43, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Karl Bluestone
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This article was already unanimously deleted previously, but I am renominating rather than speedily deleting it because that was 2 years ago and the current text is not identical to the deleted version. Having said that, I think it fails on essentially the same basis. See WP:BLP1E. Wikipedia shouldn't be a publisher of true crime stories. This person has no historical significance that would merit an article, nor are there any truly biographical sources (where he, rather than the one event he gained notoriety for, is the subject of the source). He committed a murder that was briefly the subject of news reports, and that is all. But Wikipedia is not a newspaper. Delete. Dominic·t 04:47, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. I concur, though I think WP:BLP1E is certainly a bit of a misnomer of an article under the circumstances, since he's not a LP. =) In all seriousness, though, he was a predator with a history of domestic violence, who ultimately killed his family and himself.  It sucks, but it's not notable. -- Dennis The Tiger   (Rawr and stuff) 05:43, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
 * You're right that it's not a BLP, but I still like to think that that section of the policy makes sense for all biographies, really. The BLP policy is about Wikipedia's legal and ethical responsibilities as regards to potentially private or libelous material for living people, but the BLP1E section is more of a notability guideline governing the inclusion of articles on people, and has a wider possible application. Dominic·t 12:49, 9 September 2009 (UTC)


 * WEAK DELETE after reading BLP policy I have to concur that this does not meet notability criteria. However I can understand why somebody might consider the article notable.Simonm223 (talk) 14:25, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Week keep due to GoogleBook references that suggest enough notablility for someone to reference the case: . Location (talk) 06:42, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions.  —Location (talk) 04:03, 12 September 2009 (UTC)


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