Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Murder of Vincent Chin


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The result was Snow Keep. (non-admin closure) – Davey 2010 Talk 23:57, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

Murder of Vincent Chin

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 * Delete - Not known outside of Detroit and is confined to only someone of the Chinese race. Article does not have particular merit as there is no mention of this person nowadays (unlike other notable murders like Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin - these murders had the effect of causing riots.  No riots were incited after his death and is largely forgotten nowadays even in the Asian American community).  --DogPath (talk) 02:23, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * delete = article fails to show significance beyond the time period. Fails general notability.  --66.87.81.158 (talk) 03:12, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep-The effects of this murder, which some commentators credit with starting a "Pan-Asian" movement, went far beyond Detroit and "the Chinese race", as some say Chin was mistakenly thought to be Japanese.  In 2012-2014, it was still generating commentary and discussion in reliable secondary sources such as the New York Times., as well as other examples here, here, here.  An academy award nominated documentary was shown on  PBS.    A search of Vincent Chin + Pan-Asian produced several references in Google Books here. A murder can be historically notable through the ensuing, long-term commentary and discussion it creates in reliable secondary sources, without inciting riots.  ABF99 (talk) 04:25, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep Plenty of coverage to easily meet WP:GNG. This murder was also the subject of a documentary film that was nominated for an Oscar.  Lugnuts  Dick Laurent is dead 07:07, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment for closing admin Note that the nominator, DogPath has only been on WP for about 2 weeks, making one edit to the article in question before bringing it to AfD. Following that IP 66.87.81.158 adds their token delete !vote about 1hr later, with only a handful of edits in the article space. Smells of feet around here.  Lugnuts  Dick Laurent is dead 07:10, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. --  1Wiki8 Q5G7FviTHBac3dx8HhdNYwDVstR  (talk) 07:54, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Michigan-related deletion discussions. --  1Wiki8 Q5G7FviTHBac3dx8HhdNYwDVstR  (talk) 07:54, 4 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep - As pointed out by ABF99 above, this subject has a lot of reliable source news coverage that point to lasting notability. CoffeeWithMarkets (talk) 08:10, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep - plenty of reliable sources. Meets WP:GNG.--BabbaQ (talk) 09:37, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 13:32, 4 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep - Breadth of sources prove this wan't "just" a crime, or "just" a hate crime, but the trigger for a social movement &#39;&#39;&#39;tAD&#39;&#39;&#39; (talk) 19:42, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
 * keep certainly notable, not even borderline.-- JohnBlackburne wordsdeeds 21:31, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep Why is this even nominated for deletion? I nominate deletion of the person who nominates the deletion of this article. Cyanidethistles (talk) 06:04, 10 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Snow keep per ABF99. Poor nom. Cavarrone 19:56, 10 September 2015 (UTC)


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