Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pettingill family


 * 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 keep. John254 17:11, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Pettingill family

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 * This page was speedy-delete-tagged db-attack, but it is claimed that some of it it true. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 16:58, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions.   —Longhair\talk 09:03, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep but cleanup - The Pettingill family is notable as a major crime family in Western Australia, being written about in various newspaper articles and books... just as a couple of examples - newspaper article, and "Australian Crime - Chilling Tales of Our Time" (New Holland 2004, by Malcolm Brown, ISBN 1741102332)... it may need cleanup for neutrality and references but needing cleanup is not justification for article deletion. The major members of the family also seem to be accepted as notable enough to have their own articles (Kath Pettingill, Dennis Allen, Victor Peirce), so surely they're notable as a group when they are (or were, with Dennis and Victor now both deceased), together, a major crime family... Xmoogle (talk) 11:31, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. -- as the initial author of this article, I took it upon myself to expand and reference the content. I'll try improve on it during the week. The ABC's Radio National Breakfast program referred to this family as Australia's most famous modern crime family . They've made mention in many local crime books, countless newspaper articles and television shows. This family was more active during the 1970's and 1980's in Melbourne so online searches for references will produce somewhat limited results. -- Longhair\talk 14:46, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep noting the considerable effort that has gone into clean up and provision of citations --Matilda talk 01:11, 9 May 2008 (UTC)


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