Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mary Ann Leneghan

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

The result was delete. --Core desat 02:15, 11 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mary Ann Leneghan[edit]

Another one. Poor child was raped and murdered - do we need to record it. Newsworthy, yes. Encyclopedic, no. We have too many of these British child muder victims - and many seem to be chosen for their possible racial dynamic. I don't want to imply anything, but.... -Doc^g 14:09, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh and the 'biography' of her killed Adrian Thomas (now made into a redirect) needs nuked too.--Doc^g 14:11, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ugh delete this, it appears to be motivated primarily by a political agenda. Guy (Help!) 14:15, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Kill this article. Appearing in the papers doesn not make an incident worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia. Unless the crime is particularly notorious, or has a long-lasting effect such as leading to the creation of a new law, it does not belong in wikipedia Lurker 15:18, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Non notable crime. One Night In Hackney₃₀₃ 15:32, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. No assertion of notability (speedy candidate therefore?) and very little chance that it can be expanded at this time. violet/riga (t) 15:33, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, news article that is unsuitable as an encyclopedia article. No notability outside of being the victim of an otherwise non-notable crime. Arkyan  ^(talk) 17:04, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Sadly, this happens every day, but it does not make the subject of such a crime worthy of encyclopedic note. Burntsauce 17:18, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as per my comments in the Afd above. Carlossuarez46 19:22, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Per WP:NOT] we do not have to keep an article for every crime which was in the newspapers. Otherwise it would be "Crimopedia." Edison 20:25, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
delete per nom, Guy, Lyrjer, violet, Arkyan and Burntsauce. JoshuaZ 01:27, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep The racial dynamic is what makes them at lest newsworthy, and the general public agrees, as hate crimes statutes demonstrate. I think we can follow it. This was a double murder attempt. I however notice signs that t he articles are being written to a formula, though by different people, with emphasis on how long the guilty will stay in prison. To the extent we are encyclopedic, we should probably not include photos in most cases. DGG 04:27, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. The fact that you can get famous by murdering someone can encourage unstable minds to committing a crime.

Keep. High profile, heavily reported murder case. Very definitely encyclopaedic. -- Necrothesp 23:03, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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 article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.