Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Someone Else's Daughter

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. Skomorokh 23:14, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Someone Else's Daughter[edit]

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delete and merge any useful content into Murder of Anita Cobby. "Someone Else's Daughter" could mean a multiple of things [1]. LibStar (talk) 23:52, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There's no such thing as delete and merge. Pick one: Having your cake or eating it. You cannot have both. Uncle G (talk) 00:23, 4 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

yes there is. delete and take any useful content into other article. there's also redirect and merge. 2 different things. I've seen this happen in a few AfDs as an outcome. LibStar (talk) 00:27, 4 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Legally, per the GFDL, we cannot Delete and Merge. If anything is merged into the larger article, the edit history has to be preserved, and the original article must be kept. Umbralcorax (talk) 00:59, 4 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

fyi- i have no vote, the above post was just a clarification. Umbralcorax (talk) 01:00, 4 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ok, I meant move any useful content into other article. LibStar (talk) 01:08, 4 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Has anyone looked at the "article"? There is nothing to merge. At most, it could be mentioned in Murder of Anita Cobby that a novel was written about the episode. Although, when I look at that article, I don't see much sources (apart from court papers, which are primary sources) and doubt whether the whole thing is notable either. Murders, unfortunately, are rather common and although they all generate some coverage in (mostly local) newspapers (unless a famous person is involved), there is nothing particularly encyclopedic about them. Should anyone care to bring Murder of Anita Cobby to AfD, I'd vote delete on that one as well. --Crusio (talk) 16:24, 4 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. —Grahame (talk) 03:06, 5 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as Crusio says, the article has nothing to merge, nothing is sourced, the article as nothing more than "this book exists". On the side issue not being decided here, the Murder of Anita Cobby article mentions an episode of Crime Investigation Australia about the murder which, along with this book, would go a long way to keeping that article. Duffbeerforme (talk) 17:11, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment this book also fails Wikipedia:Notability (books) in my opinion. LibStar (talk) 08:28, 7 September 2009 (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.