Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Keddie Murders


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The result was nomination withdrawn. I see no reason to keep this open any longer, as it is pretty clear now that my search was incomplete. Thanks to Richard for his research. NW ( Talk ) 04:47, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

The Keddie Murders

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I am fairly certain that this article is a hoax/viral marketing of some sort. A quadruple murder would have been reported in newspapers, but LexisNexis and NewspaperARCHIVE.com aren't coming up with anything.

The bizarre thing is that this article, from the San Francisco Chronicle, seems to be reliable and about the murders. But it was written 20 years after the event, and the fact that that article is the only reliable source that I can actually access (others aren't available in archives and links to them are dead) seems a little strange. NW ( Talk ) 00:07, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * See also pt:Os Assassinatos de Keddie and ru:Убийства в Кедди. We should probably alert admins on both sites if we decide that the article is indeed a hoax. NW ( Talk ) 00:17, 24 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:46, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:47, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment. I found (only) two GBook references, including this one that is fairly in-depth. I, too, am surprised that there is not more on this. Not sure what to think yet. Location (talk) 03:37, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep you can't find coverage because you are searching under the name it is known as now in 2010 here in Wikipedia. You just have to search under the victim's names and there it is. The Court TV article is enough to meet notability. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 03:50, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Article is backed by reliable and verifiable sources to establish notability, and there appears to be no reason to conclude that it's a hoax. Alansohn (talk) 04:18, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
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