The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 ( talk) 10:55, 15 August 2021 (UTC)
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PROD rationale was Potentially subjective as to who is a critic of safety measures as, although the media may label someone as such, the person themselves may not identify as such. I'm also struggling to see how there are enough people that would fall into this intersection to make it a worthwhile and encyclopaedic topic.
Contested with In the US but there are many individuals that can be added to this page. It can serve as a warning to others in the future for many different reasons.
Firstly, it's not Wikipedia's purpose to serve as a warning to those who refuse to wear a mask or refuse to get vaccinated. Whether it's right or wrong, Wikipedia has a policy to maintain a neutral point of view (see WP:NPOV) and this cannot be superseded by any other policy or guideline. I stand by what I wrote when I said that there aren't enough people in this intersection to make it worthwhile to cover them as a list. Not enough notable people anyway. Herman Cain on his own is not enough.
Through some digging, I found a few other news stories of people who refused to wear a mask and/or get vaccinated who ended up dying after testing positive for COVID; Leslie Lawrenson, Stephen Karanja, Matthew Keenan and Gary Matthews. With the exception of Karanja, I don't think any of these people would actually pass notability criteria, though. For this to pass WP:LISTN, there would need to be some sort of discussion of these people as a group because at the moment this list is just a synthesis of different news stories. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 09:02, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 ( talk) 10:55, 15 August 2021 (UTC)
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PROD rationale was Potentially subjective as to who is a critic of safety measures as, although the media may label someone as such, the person themselves may not identify as such. I'm also struggling to see how there are enough people that would fall into this intersection to make it a worthwhile and encyclopaedic topic.
Contested with In the US but there are many individuals that can be added to this page. It can serve as a warning to others in the future for many different reasons.
Firstly, it's not Wikipedia's purpose to serve as a warning to those who refuse to wear a mask or refuse to get vaccinated. Whether it's right or wrong, Wikipedia has a policy to maintain a neutral point of view (see WP:NPOV) and this cannot be superseded by any other policy or guideline. I stand by what I wrote when I said that there aren't enough people in this intersection to make it worthwhile to cover them as a list. Not enough notable people anyway. Herman Cain on his own is not enough.
Through some digging, I found a few other news stories of people who refused to wear a mask and/or get vaccinated who ended up dying after testing positive for COVID; Leslie Lawrenson, Stephen Karanja, Matthew Keenan and Gary Matthews. With the exception of Karanja, I don't think any of these people would actually pass notability criteria, though. For this to pass WP:LISTN, there would need to be some sort of discussion of these people as a group because at the moment this list is just a synthesis of different news stories. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 09:02, 8 August 2021 (UTC)