Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Willie McCoy (rapper)


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The result was move to Shooting of Willie McCoy. Mz7 (talk) 03:42, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

Willie McCoy (rapper)

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Incredibly sad but seems to be WP:NOTNEWS. Meatsgains (talk) 02:24, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep or rename. His death was covered extensively by multiple WP:INDEPENDENT WP:RS, and so the event meets WP:GNG. If necessary, the article could be renamed "Death of Willie McCoy". Zazpot (talk) 02:33, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
 * His death appears to be more notable than him personally so it might be worth renaming to "Death of Willie McCoy". Meatsgains (talk) 02:46, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Above, I suggested renaming the article to "Death of ...", but others have noted below that "Shooting of ..." would be more suitable in this instance, and I agree. Zazpot (talk) 12:58, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 02:40, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
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 * Comment. This person is only known for the controversial circumstances of his death. Available sources provide only the most rudimentary background information about the person.  It may be early to judge persistent notability, but refactoring to Death of Willie McCoy makes sense at this point. • Gene93k (talk) 08:01, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
 * With the discussion below, I'll amend my comment to support a move to "Shooting of Willie McCoy". • Gene93k (talk) 16:21, 14 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Rename Meets WP:GNG per the links on the page. This is clearly a WP:BIO1E situation. Contrary to some editors view, WP:BIO1E is not a good rationale for deletion - it is simply a reason for changing the name of the article to be about the event rather than the person. Based simply on existing articles (Shooting of Jemel Roberson, Shooting of Antwon Rose Jr., Shooting of Stephon Clark, Shooting of Anthony Weber, etc.) the title should be Shooting of Willie McCoy for consistency. FOARP (talk) 08:43, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Move to something like "Death of Willie McCoy" or "Shooting of Willie McCoy". As previously mentioned the shooting has been covered by independent, reliable sources but the late rapper himself wasn't really notable. GN-z11  ☎  ★ 09:04, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep and move to Shooting of Willie McCoy  Today's BBC: Six California officers shot man as he woke in his car.  Unusual police shooting getting international coverage.E.M.Gregory (talk) 11:05, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Move to Shooting of Willie McCoy or something similar. The fact that he was a rapper has merely been mentioned as supporting info in news reports on his death, but of course the shooting incident has become much more notable. The article then needs to be expanded with coverage of the shooting. ---  DOOMSDAYER 520 (Talk&#124;Contribs) 15:51, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep and move to above suggested new page. Also per WP:GNG.BabbaQ (talk) 16:04, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
 * comment this indeed is a tragic event and I am not trying to minimize that. Instead of redirecting it to an article with a title like Murder of Willie McCoy, why not just merge it with an article like List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, 2019 or something similar? Postcard Cathy (talk) 15:58, 15 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep or move to Shooting of Willie McCoy --Stephan Tournay (talk) 17:12, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep, rename to Shooting of Willie McCoy. Police shooting with international coverage, persisting though the date of this !vote - hence - should be kept per WP:RAPID. Icewhiz (talk) 10:22, 19 February 2019 (UTC)


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