Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kiyoko Matsumoto

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The result was merge to Mount Mihara#Suicide. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 13:55, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Kiyoko Matsumoto[edit]

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Fails WP:BIO as she is ONLY known for WP:ONEEVENT: committing suicide by jumping into a volcano. Yes, it triggered an unfortunate trend of copycats, but that doesn't make her notable. There are currently three articles linked to this one (List of suicide sites, Kiyoko, and Suicide methods) all of which repeat the exact same thing as the article says. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 18:23, 1 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment I think the event, and the fact that 900 people followed her into the volcano is notable! Perhaps this should be reworked about the event generally, with her story as part of it. Deathlibrarian (talk) 06:42, 6 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Mount Mihara. The existing referencing is atrocious, but there are contemporaneous news sources for most of the claims (including what appears to be a 1935 Time magazine article I can't access). Still a BIO1E. power~enwiki (π, ν) 22:19, 8 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- RoySmith (talk) 13:32, 9 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. L3X1 ◊distænt write◊ 13:44, 9 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I just want to add this article The Volcano Suicides from Dr Romeo Vitelli which discusses this case in more detail. While it points to the Wiki article, it does have differences, and much more information. Not only does he give her age as 21, he reports that she was a student at Tokyo's Jissan College, it also mentions why she killed herself. Importantly, he says that "Mount Mihara was already a well-known suicide site since an observation post near the top of the volcanic cone allowed visitors to look straight down into the crater. Even as early as the 1920s, people could commit suicide by jumping into the volcano. The problem is that, while he is an academic, this is simply a blog entry with no clear references. Dr Vitelli has, on the other hand written books and articles on suicide and suicide clusters. I am tending towards the belief that it needs to be merged into other articles. There are notable reasons for this, for example, Dr Vitelli mentions that it was seen as a "lesbian suicide". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Everlong Day (talk • contribs) 16:30, 16 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Hoping for more participation...
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ad Orientem (talk) 00:50, 17 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Mount Mihara#Suicide, the logical place to cover this. Fails WP:NOTNEWS. Sandstein 18:10, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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