Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Life imprisonment in Mexico

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The result was keep or "nomination withdrawn". take your pick. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:41, 6 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Life imprisonment in Mexico[edit]

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~~This subject does not need its own article because it is very short and does not appear to be expandable.~~ MorganKevinJ^(talk) 23:02, 29 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Article subject is clearly notable (I can produce sources if necessary but I wouldn't think there would be argument), and it's capable of expansion by detailing, for example, which jails hold lifers, what kind of conditions they enjoy, the legislative history of life imprisonment, which offences might attract life, notable sentences of life imprisonment, discussion of literary accounts of life imprisonment in Mexico, et cetera. See for example Life imprisonment in Australia. I can't see any reason why Mexico's life imprisonment laws are any less notable than Australia's. - DustFormsWords (talk) 23:22, 29 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Mexico-related deletion discussions. -- Jclemens-public (talk) 00:06, 30 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. -- Jclemens-public (talk) 00:07, 30 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Almost every major country has an article about life imprisonment in it, and Mexico should also have one. This seems to be an article that can be expanded quite easily, as DustFormsWords mentioned. --Slon02 (talk) 02:04, 30 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as per DustFormsWords. Being very short is not grounds for deletion and it should be expandable, though the majority of sources may not be in English. Edward321 (talk) 13:51, 30 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep: No valid deletion criteria given. Perhaps the nom would care to explain the basis for his reasoning that it'd be impossible to expand this article? What I see is a large nation with a lively, free press and a major crime problem that just abolished the death penalty a few years ago. I'd say there'd be an embarrassment of riches for anyone looking for sources. This is just plain a lazy nomination. Ravenswing 20:48, 30 November 2010 (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.