Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William 'Billy' Burton

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The result was delete. Wifione ^Message 05:07, 15 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

William 'Billy' Burton

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Smuggling some weed seems hardly to be a notable crime. Aside from that, no notability is really asserted here (there are a lot of thalidomide babies, it takes more than that to be notable) D O N D E groovily Talk to me 15:59, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, maybe even speedily under WP:CSD#A7. No notability is demonstrated or even claimed in this article - as the nom says, neither smuggling drugs nor having the bad fortune of being a thalidomide baby are notable. Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 16:09, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - An unsourced BLP and an orphan article, too. Carrite (talk) 16:27, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. This article is not unsourced: multiple reliable sources are provided under the heading "References". The notability asserted here isn't because of the crime itself, but because of the well-publicized campaign to secure his release, which was covered in multiple papers in the U.K., Philippines, and Australia. On the other hand, WP:BLP1E and WP:BIO1E may apply here, but those guidelines suggest that instead of deletion, we might consider using this material in an article about the campaign, or possibly to merge this material into an appropriate article: perhaps a new subsection of Prohibition of drugs#Penalties focused on the Philippines. --Arxiloxos (talk) 16:59, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:00, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:01, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Philippines-related deletion discussions. Arxiloxos (talk) 18:28, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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