Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Dobson

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. MBisanz ^talk 05:07, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

David Dobson[edit]

No assertion of notability. A cursory Google search reveals nothing substantive. --MZMcBride (talk) 08:45, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep, but I may be persuaded to lean towards deletion. The article was created two years ago in what I suspect was a fit of WP:RECENTISM due to his parole hearing. The original creator removed, without explanation, the notability tag slapped on the article back then (the original creator is still active today, so I'm guessing he did so in good faith, rather than as a piece of vandalism). I think we should perhaps still give it the notability tag - the person has received some press coverage it would seem - whether it is enough to establish notability should probably be handled with the {{notability}} template to begin with. However, I may lean a bit towards deletion since this two year old article still is uncertain in regards to notability. -Lilac Soul ^{(talk • contribs • count)} 12:43, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:01, 18 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - not notable, no reason to think he will be any time soon. Mr.Z-man 03:46, 18 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - no assertion of notability in the article. Bastique ^demandez 20:04, 18 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 21:02, 18 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Shocking and tragic though it is, such vicious crimes will and do happen regularly and we simply can't document them all. Wikipedia is not a WP:MEMORIAL and there is no evidence of lasting notability. Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 18:58, 21 February 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.