Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Suicide of Taylor Hooton


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The result was   delete. KTC (talk) 00:29, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Suicide of Taylor Hooton

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Poorly-referenced article about a non-notable death. Article seems to exist primarily as a hatrack for the father's activities. WWGB (talk) 02:20, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
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 * Delete - I don't like the smell of this article one little bit, it seems like a heap of unsourced and unsourcable speculation about an unfortunate event. My condolences to the subject's family and friends. Carrite (talk) 18:31, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
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 * I am Don Hooton, the father of the late Taylor Hooton. If you choose to delete this article, so be it.  I would rather see you do that than include the rank speculation that has been attempted to be inserted into this article by some who refuse to accept a factual article about Taylor's death.  But, before you do, please let the record reflect that EVERY statement in this article is 100% accurate.  There are a number of pro-steroids proponents who take issue with some of the FACTS that are laid out in this article. They want to blame Taylor's death on other causes - it is beyond their intellectual capacity to accept what is written in the medical textbooks about the relationship between steroid usage/withdrawal and severe depression.  Their allegations that anti-depressants may have caused his death are nothing but raw, unfounded speculation of the sort that does not comply with Wikipedia rules as I read them.  If you question my statement, ask any of them to "source" their claim by providing any detail whatsoever about his use of anti-depressants.  For example, how long was he taking them?  In what dosage?  And ask them to "source" that information.  (They can't!)  The only reason that these people are even aware of Taylor's short term usage of anti-depressants is as a result of the fact that I reported that to the NY Times.  Taylor's physicians and others reviewed the possibility of a correlation of anti-depressants and some relation to Taylor's death and dismissed it.  The article, as written, is accurate and has been fact checked by a number of qualified authorities internationally.  This is hardly a "non-notable" death as suggested by someone above.  Taylor's death set off the national debate on high level of illegal steroid usage by our nation's youth and his story has been covered by almost every national new outlet including the NY Times, CBS 60 Minutes, NBC Nightly News, and many, many others.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.74.250.197 (talk) 16:01, 2 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete, no showing that the subject or the event meets WP:GNG, WP:NOTMEMORIAL. Unreferenced by WP:RS or WP:V in multiple, independent sources.  From personal knowledge, I am aware of the incident and the basic facts are true, but as it stands, the article is not acceptable for the project.  Should additional sources be found, and the article is rewritten to be in compliance with both WP:MOS and to be about the event, not the activism, I would be willing to reconsider.   GregJackP   Boomer!   04:56, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete - Although a terrible event, notability of the suicide is not shown. Condolences. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:30, 6 January 2013 (UTC)
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