Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Russell Williams

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The result was WP:SNOW keep Ironholds (talk) 23:00, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Russell Williams[edit]

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This person clearly violates the "one event" stricture of the BLP critoeria. Furthermore, the subject is not notable at all anyhow. Not any bloke that gets covered on "Dateline NBC" deserves to have an encyclopaedia article written on his fetishes. Underween (talk) 17:47, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy keep/speedy close, bad faith nom from a dubious account. Obviously notable, many, many sources, a major news story in Canada and elsewhere, bordering on a scandal for the Canadian military. Even the crimes themselves involve more than a single event. Hairhorn (talk) 19:14, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, this is a major news story in Canada, and the brutal murder of two woman by a trusted military leader is a large scandal for the Canadian military. It was headline news for weeks after he was arrested, and again during the trial. I'll see if there is any way I can improve the article, but I think generally it's well written. Nihola (talk) 20:39, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Keep In no way can this be seen as "not notable". To add to above statements, coverage is continual anytime any new developments arise. Most recently, an article in the latest Macleans magazine, and one about 5/6 weeks back as well. Ravendrop 21:03, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Keep Very significant coverage of the so-called 'single event' (which it is not of course, because of the serial nature of the crimes). Furthermore, Russell Williams wasn't exactly a 'nobody', notability also comes from his position as former commander of CFB Trenton, the largest air base in Canada. [[CharlieEchoTango]] 22:01, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Keep per previous commenters. This article was in place long before the episode of Dateline NBC and that is by no means the basis for his notability. -- Editor at Large • talk 22:24, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Keep per everyone. This guy would have passed notability requirements had his name never been spoken south of the US border. --NellieBly (talk) 22:34, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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