Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mary Lou Sorrells

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. Tone 17:52, 7 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Mary Lou Sorrells[edit]

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I'm not seeing any notability for this topless dancer acquitted of murder. Wikipedia is not a newspaper. Clarityfiend (talk) 08:40, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. —Tom Morris (talk) 09:46, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete. In addition to the source provided in the article, the subject's acquittal was also covered in the January 31, 1974 issue of Jet [1], and the facts of the case were tawdry enough that it might have been a subject of public attention at the time. However, I couldn't find any other coverage to show this case was actually a source of continuing and substantial interest. In the absence of evidence like that, I'd agree that this isn't enough to justify an article. (By the way, if such coverage is found and the article is kept, a change of title to something like Dirty old man killing might be considered to move the focus from the acquitted defendant to the possibly notable homicide.) --Arxiloxos (talk) 16:47, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:08, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Not notable, parochial murder case that fails WP:CRIME. - DonCalo (talk) 23:49, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Not News, and BLP as well, since she was acquitted. DGG ( talk ) 03:49, 1 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete fails WP:GNG. Stuartyeates (talk) 07:12, 6 November 2011 (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.