Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vernon Lee Evans


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The result was no consensus. –&#8239;Joe (talk) 14:51, 17 June 2018 (UTC)

Vernon Lee Evans

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An obvious case of BLP1E for this individual who is known solely for his role in a double-murder. News coverage was sporadic, routine, and...well, news. Perhaps the murder itself is notable, but a comprehensive article cannot be created simply by making a few adjustments to this unnotable individual's bio. TheGracefulSlick (talk) 01:06, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. The Mighty Glen (talk) 04:38, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. The Mighty Glen (talk) 04:38, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Maryland-related deletion discussions. The Mighty Glen (talk) 04:38, 25 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. Clearly a case of WP:BIO1E. Also, there are few reliable third-party references showing notability. -AuthorAuthor (talk) 07:05, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete . I disagree with the nomination (BLP1E not relevant - it is more of a 2E just for the crimes/legal proceedings, and subsequent coverage (and commutation of death sentence) would be additional Es - and in any even we could've renamed o the ctime), and murder does not fall under NOTNEWS. What is relevant is NCRIME - and in this regard - it seems this individual mainly has Maryland coverage (around death row issues and the death penalty in the state (at some point he was slated to be "first to be executed" on reinstatement) as well as some coverage of the crime), there is some coverage of a legal aspect of the case (but not very wide), and looking at books and scholar hits, which there are some (various aspects - including a blog by the BLP from prison) - the whole assemblage does not, in my mind, cross GNG/NCRIME. I am amenable to changing my !vote if INDEPTH sources do show up.Icewhiz (talk) 13:28, 27 May 2018 (UTC) I overlooked the journal coverage of the case, so striking my !vote.Icewhiz (talk) 12:05, 14 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I suppose I will have to choose another day to convince you that crime (yes, even murder) is a daily occurrence, and the news routinely reports on it. Unless there is an exception to NOTNEWS I have missed after reading it dozens of times, murder can/does indeed fall under it when you take the time to analyze the nature of the news coverage.TheGracefulSlick (talk) 16:28, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep Although the murder, a drug gang-related contract killing, was "ordinary," the political activism was not. It included undercover surveillance of anti-death penalty activists and drew not only regional coverage in the Washington Post, and intense coverage in the Baltimore Sun over many years, but some national and international coverage, including a story in The Guardian about Evans' death-row blogging.  Much more can be added, but I WP:HEY, I have done a modest expand/source.E.M.Gregory (talk) 17:06, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   14:06, 1 June 2018 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * also this article in the Baltimore Law Review, covering the legal impact of an appeal of the Evans case. p. 92. vol. 37, issue 1, 2007, The Crime, the Case, the Killer Cocktail: Why Maryland's Capital Punishment Procedure Constitutes Cruel and Unusual , Punishment Matthew E. FeinbergUniversity of Baltimore School of Law.E.M.Gregory (talk) 19:40, 7 June 2018 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   11:41, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Note that I just now added a search bar under the name used by many newspapers, "Vernon, Evans, Jr.". and note that the commutation of his death sentence was national news, with reported stories in the New York Times, on CNN, and in other national media.E.M.Gregory (talk) 10:38, 14 June 2018 (UTC)


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