Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Death of Haruka Weiser

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The result was merge to List of attacks related to post-secondary schools. (non-admin closure) Kharkiv07 (T) 22:26, 11 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Death of Haruka Weiser[edit]

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Every victim of crime is noteworthy in their own way, but that does not necessarily make them of encyclopedic value. This victim does not seem to have been notable for anything other than her death. See WP:NOTMEMORIAL. Drmies (talk) 01:58, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. Lemongirl942 (talk) 03:17, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment: Note this was a relatively recent incident, in April 2016. Do let's be very polite here. --do ncr am 03:31, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Merge, perhaps, to item on Haruka Weiser in List of attacks related to post-secondary schools, which leaves a redirect behind, and which leaves the article's previous versions in the edit history, so it is not an outright deletion. I looked at inbound links and found this list-article. The Haruka Weiser article does include multiple reliable sources, including NY Daily News and the Los Angeles Times. It was a significant event, IMHO, and shouldn't be dismissed out of hand. However we do have policy that single events usually do not make a person Wikipedia-notable (i.e. we don't keep an article on them), and the single event itself is usually not deemed Wikipedia-notable. From what the article covers, it does seem to be an example of an unprovoked attack on a person at a university, i.e. related to the list-article. I don't immediately see any other candidate articles to combine the Haruka Weiser article with. I suggest calling this "merge" rather than merely "redirect" to reflect that there is content and sources in the current article which can/should be used, selectively, to improve the item description in the list-article. --do ncr am 03:31, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep - reasons for deletion is faulty at best. The article has good sources, her death is notable and she passes WP:GNG. WP:IDONTLIKEIT which seems to be the main reason for this deletion is irrelevant against notability guidelines.BabbaQ (talk) 12:32, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A memorial does not dwelve into the persons death and other areas of a case. This article does. WP:MEMORIAL does not apply.BabbaQ (talk) 12:33, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to list and redirect: I am drawn by BabbaQ's position that this is not simply a WP:MEMORIAL, but it is, sadly, a run of the mill campus crime. I think putting it into the list and keeping the bluelink is the best solution. Montanabw ^(talk) 18:42, 4 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Run of the mill campus crime? that is POV and is not taking into consideration the guidelines for notability. --BabbaQ (talk) 09:41, 5 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to list and redirect as stated above; just not notable in and of itself for a stand alone article as it is a single event, which is unfortunately not unique, but should not be deleted altogether. Kierzek (talk) 03:02, 5 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Guidelines always trumps POV. Both of your !votes does disregard the guidelines stipulated by Wikipedia concerning notability for these kind of articles. BabbaQ (talk) 09:41, 5 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

also, WPNOTTEMPORARY. Notaiblity isnt temporary because an event that happened some time back isnt getting the same attention anymore. This article is clearly well-soruced and has received plenty of media attention.BabbaQ (talk) 14:04, 5 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I understand nottemporary and I agree not memorial does not preclude having an article. But general notability wp:BIO includes exception wp:BIO1E. Isn't this like example there of George(?) Holiday, who just gets a redirect? --do ncr am 16:54, 5 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to List of attacks related to post-secondary schools per above. Personal feelings about this tragedy aside, the victim would not meet WP:GNG outside of, well, being the victim, as there are no sources pre-event. Likewise, all of the coverage is about the murder itself, and nothing related to changes in policy, etc., as a result. --Kinu ^t/_c 01:41, 8 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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