Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:ElliotR1

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 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the discussion was: delete. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 05:29, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

User:ElliotR1


This account allegedly belonged to Elliot Rodger, the mass-murderer who shot dead six people and then himself in 2014. There's no proof of the link, although user name and edit pattern would certainly suggest so: only twenty edits, all disruptive or vandalic; the first five to the George Rodger article (Elliot's grandfather); then mostly edits of human sexuality articles and a full blanking of Justin Bieber. All his edits were reverted. User ElliotR1 got indefinitely blocked in 2013 (and still is). After the killings, a few users started leaving on his page RIP messages or the Deceased banner, even trying to add him to the 'Deceased Wikipedians' page. I reverted all recent RIP edits and proposed an indefinite page protection, but was recommended to raise the issue at MfD instead, which is probably a better idea, considering that vandals do not deserve the recognition of a user and talk page (per WP:DENY), let alone murderous vandals. Something should be done to avoid this page becoming a sort of virtual shrine to a psychopathic killer. Deeday-UK (talk) 21:35, 18 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Comment: To others, see here for more backstory. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 05:56, 19 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete and salt Although the "murderous" part may not be relevant (User:Conservatism was never blocked), there is reaon to delete. ElliotR was never a Wikipedian in the true sense (no Deceased appropriate), and never started his own user page (WP:DENY). Ribbet32 (talk) 16:52, 19 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete and salt per all of the above. Legacypac (talk) 19:26, 19 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete and salt per the above arguments and WP:DENY. Whether or not this user was in fact Elliot Rodger may never be ascertained, but either way, the user was an unrepentant vandal and not here to help build the encyclopaedia. We dont need to preserve this userpage of a serial vandal and / or mass murderer. -- Cactus.man   &#9997;  18:55, 20 August 2017 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.