Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hofstra University rape hoax

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The result was delete‎. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:26, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hofstra University rape hoax[edit]

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fails WP:GNG Joeykai (talk) 21:13, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Crime, Events, and New York. Joeykai (talk) 21:13, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Strong DELETE - A hoax perpetrated by a living person, against other living persons, 15 years ago. WP:SUSPECT and WP:PERPETRATOR The individuals are mentioned by name, which is not in line with Wikipedia's BLP policy. It's more tabloid fodder. — Maile (talk) 00:04, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
User:Maile66, I'm going to call in a few other admins that have dealt with BLPs: I think this should be gone as quick as possible. User:Bbb23, User:Ponyo, User:Masem, User:S Marshall, what do you think? I'm really surprised this was written up in this way in the first place. Drmies (talk) 14:43, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think the least disruptive intervention is to blank the page while the AfD plays out, which I've just done.—S Marshall T/C 15:23, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete on both BLP and NOTNEWS concerns. If the article is a fairly complete summary of events, this really has not trigger any significant changes at a larger scale, only impacting the lives of non notable people. The net summary of the event may be a line to discussion in an active about rape on college campuses, without naming names, but not a whole article on this one event. Masem (t) 15:42, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I almost WP:IAR deleted it but figured if it was challenged there would be even more eyes on the article, which would be very unfortunate as it is a massive WP:BLP violation. WP:AVOIDVICTIM applies here, most specifically "Wikipedia editors must not act, intentionally or otherwise, in a way that amounts to participating in or prolonging the victimization".-- Ponyo^{bons mots} 23:01, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - one of the worst BLP violations I've seen in the past three years. Bearian (talk) 19:30, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – shocking that this has been up in nearly its current state for the better part of a decade. Clear BLP violation, misses every mark in WP:CRIME. Dan • ✉ 07:02, 16 April 2024 (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.