Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vaughn Ross

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The result was keep. postdlf (talk) 01:06, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Vaughn Ross[edit]

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Does not meet either criterion set forth in WP:CRIME. MSJapan (talk) 23:12, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. BabbaQ (talk) 23:36, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - actually the nominator is quite wrong the article does meet criterion per "historic significance is indicated by sustained coverage of the event in reliable secondary sources which persists beyond contemporaneous news coverage and devotes significant attention to the individual's role". Per sustained coverage from time to time troughout the last 10 years and a weeks time of daily coverage by media in Sweden focusing on him as an individual. I have to ask has the nominator read trough the article and all of its sources?. Anyway I will not return to this AfD as I have more important things to handle right now than bickering about this so if it is kept then great as it should be kept if guidelines are followed or if not then so be it.. --BabbaQ (talk) 23:26, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:39, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:39, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I wish you would self-identify as the article creator when you keep vote on your own articles. MSJapan (talk) 00:26, 20 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - If Texas was to abolish the death penalty and Ross was the last person to be executed in the state, this article may be notable, or could at least be merged with an article on Texas law regarding the death penalty. This man committed a murder 12 years ago that received local and state-wide coverage only. I can only find Texas-based media that reported on his death also. This man is not notable. Delete.74.78.72.209 (talk) 18:09, 20 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Is Swedish media Texas based these days?. strange. You need to read through the sources again.--BabbaQ (talk) 18:40, 20 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You need to review Wikipedia again.74.78.72.209 (talk) 00:25, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep obviously notable, and 74.78.72.209 "You need to Sweden, Texas|review Wikipedia again]" is an odd comment. Aftonbladet is published in Sweden, Sweden not Sweden, Texas. In ictu oculi (talk) 01:30, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep A bit short but meets WP:GNG. The ip comment is just plain bizarre. Paul MacDermott (talk) 18:07, 21 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete That it happens to have coverage in sweden because he was part of a news special in Sweden about the US treatment of murderers is absurd. That's the sort of quirk that does not amount to notability . Keeping this is totally incompatible with our usual practice. If a Swedish newspaper were to cover all US executions because, presumably, they regard the US practice inhumane, would the people executed all be notable? DGG ( talk ) 01:59, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- But now Swedish media has NOT covered ALL american executions. They have covered Vaughn Ross execution in numerous articles. You actually make the argument even better for Keep as you are right, had Swedish media covered numerous executions each execution had not been notable in itself but as media covered Vaughn Ross execution exclusivly it makes it notable. Users Paul McDermott and In ictcu is completely right this article meets WP:GNG and is obviously notable. --BabbaQ (talk) 11:04, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. It's a bit light, but the coverage of the execution also included non-Texas sources, prominently Huffington Post [[1]] and the New York Daily News [[2]]. I see the Swedish coverage as relevant as it, compounded with the denial of guilt until the end, should ensure some continuing attention to this case in the broader debate about the death penalty. To clarify: In this case Sweden refers to the country, not the Texan city, and the source is a major Swedish newspaper. Overall, this article passes GNG in my book.Truth or consequences-2 (talk) 00:34, 26 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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