Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Salvatore Culosi


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The result was   delete.  MBisanz  talk 23:53, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Salvatore Culosi

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Lack of actual notability. The incident was covered by media, but the incident is what is more notable, not the man. I don't mean to sound crass, but his "notability" is solely based on having been killed accidentally. Unlike other accidental killings (Diallo for example)), there were no criminal charges, not big protests, not even a big lawsuit. There was a 3 week suspension and it was done. Niteshift36 (talk) 09:04, 10 March 2009 (UTC) 
 * Delete per nom and WP:ONEEVENT.
 * Delete per above --Muhammad (talk) 04:33, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep or Merge Fits well with the article. Reliable sources are sufficient and notability is average. I do agree it isn't particularly "necessary" but I don't believe it meets the qualifications for deletion. If it isn't kept, it should be merged and expanded in the SWAT article. Wikifan12345 (talk) 22:29, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep but consider renaming for event. Lots of coverage, might have legs. -- 7triton7 (talk) 04:05, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
 * It's never been disputed that it was covered. The question is one of notability. The coverage was limited mostly to a 50 mile radius. By comparison, the Diallo shooting was covered nationally. I hate to make it sound like one person is more important than the other, but if there was something that notable about it, wouldn't it have garnered more national coverage, especially since it was in a suburb of DC? Niteshift36 (talk) 04:23, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, –Juliancolton Tropical  Cyclone  00:13, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

AGREE WITH KEEP OR MERGE as per above Lx 121 (talk) 01:26, 15 March 2009 (UTC) 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 00:13, 20 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete per Notability (criminal acts). Culosi's status as a victim does not make him notable. "Victims of high-profile crimes do not automatically qualify as notable enough to have a stand-alone article solely based on their status as victims. Notability with regards to this is normally defined as satisfying some other aspect of the notability of persons guideline that does not relate to the crime in question. As such, a victim of a crime should normally only be the subject of an article where an article that satisfied notability criteria existed, or could have properly been created prior to the crime's commission."Nrswanson (talk) 00:43, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete This is a proper use of ONEVENT, for incidental victims of a crime. DGG (talk) 01:37, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per DGG and nrswanson.Broadweighbabe (talk) 02:54, 20 March 2009 (UTC)


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