Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kenneth John Freeman


 * 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. My evaluation is is that BLP1E sufficiently applies and that it is in the interest of the project to expedite the result. El_C 18:33, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Kenneth John Freeman

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This person is known only for his crimes, but these don't meet the bar for notability per WP:CRIME. He's just a run-of-the-mill criminal who tried (and failed) to avoid being held to account for his crimes and that's not enough to get him an article. Neiltonks (talk) 16:26, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Neiltonks (talk) 16:26, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. Neiltonks (talk) 16:26, 17 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete. And then burn the computer used to delete it. —МандичкаYO 😜 16:30, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment: WP:CRIME states: "A person who is known only in connection with a criminal event or trial should not normally be the subject of a separate Wikipedia article if there is an existing article that could incorporate the available encyclopedic material relating to that person". There is encyclopedic material sources from multiple reliable sources here, so what existing article do you feel this content could be incorporated into? Waggie (talk) 16:40, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per BLP1E and common sense: we have here a biography of a person notable only for a horrific crime; the article was created to celebrate the crime and further victimize the victim. I would support an IAR immediate deletion. —JBL (talk) 19:13, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment. I'm not convinced that WP:BLP1E applies here. Specifically, I'm not convinced that the subject of the article meets the second criterion, "If that person otherwise remains, and is likely to remain, a low-profile individual," given the coverage on America's Most Wanted. The same goes for WP:CRIME, the AMW strikes me as satisfying "sustained coverage of the event in reliable secondary sources which persists beyond contemporaneous news coverage and devotes significant attention to the individual's role".
 * That being said, I find JBL's appeal to WP:IAR rather compelling. I do not like having this article on Wikipedia, and while the victim has been brave in both aiding the perp's capture and securing his imprisonment, I'm not convinced that retaining the article does her any good; and I lean toward deletion in the spirit of WP:do no harm.
 * I'm conflicted enough that I don't feel I ought to cast a !vote in favor of either keep or delete, but put this out there as something to consider. TJRC (talk) 00:35, 18 February 2020 (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.