Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of manifestos of mass killers

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The result was keep. Consensus is to Keep but with advice to delistify or restructure this article so some editorial work needs to be done. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 07:09, 15 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

List of manifestos of mass killers[edit]

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This feels like an absolutely inappropriate article that has no encyclopedic value whatsoever and only seems to promote mass killers' manifestos. Any information on these manifestos is best left to the main articles themselves. Love of Corey (talk) 06:22, 8 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - It's definitely a grim topic, but criminal psychology often is. Furthermore, it isn't so much promoting the manifestos, but aims to be a dry laconic of their contents. --TheInsatiableOne (talk) 06:53, 8 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 10:16, 8 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Before creating list, we need to have main article of the list first. Where it is? Abhishek0831996 (talk) 13:15, 8 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep/Delistify. Really, I think the topic of "mass killer manifesto" is likely notable on its own...the NPR piece (in external links) and the linguistic analysis in the references already are just a start on that front. Probably the best solution here is to actually write an article in that direction (it doesn't have to be super long, and I don't think I have the ability/expertise to do it), and the current list could easily fit in at the end of that. 35.139.154.158 (talk) 14:38, 8 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep and potentially restructure into proper article about mass killer manifestos, per 35.139.154.158. Koopinator (talk) 15:12, 8 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Notable topic, valid information list. This is a notable aspect of these mass killings. That's why the news media covers them. Dream Focus 22:35, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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