Death of Jay Slater
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This seems like a prime example of NOTNEWS to me; there is no indication that this is an event that rises to encyclopedic notability, and the history is replete with the removal of excessive tabloid-style detail and suggestion. Pinging the three editors that weighed in at WP:BLPN: notwally, Bon courage, DeCausa. Drmies ( talk) 16:41, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Delete for the reason you've given: WP:NOTNEWS and WP:1E. There has been a decent amount of news coverage in local weeks but he's now been confirmed as having died via misadventure that's likely to drop off very quickly now and it's not even WP:VICTIM. Fragglet ( talk) 16:49, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Spain-related deletion discussions. Shellwood ( talk) 17:00, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Delete per Drmies and Fragglet. A classic news aggregator piece unsuitable for an encyclopedia. I fear that this is shouting in the wind - we have too many articles like this so I'll be very surprised if Delete succeeds. WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS exists but the multiple other articles of this standard lowers the subliminal threshold. DeCausa ( talk) 17:33, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Delete. This is just passing grief porn of no lasting encyclopedic worth. No knowledge to share here, no decent analytical sourcing and Wikipedia is (or should be)
WP:NOTNEWS.
Bon courage (
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17:50, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- wrong wrong wrong 78.145.76.106 ( talk) 18:51, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 19:52, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: isn't this article similar to that of
Death of Nicola Bulley?... iirc, that was also nominated to be deleted?, but was kept... – 🏴
L1amw90 (
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20:38, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- User:L1amw90, there seems to be a lot more content in that article than in this one, particularly content pointing to a greater influence, for instance. Drmies ( talk) 21:44, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Delete Agree with Drmies and Fragglet. What is the encyclopedic importance or enduring notability of this article subject? To document a flash of news coverage surrounding one person's death? Almost all of the article seems like trivial details. We already ignore WP:NOTNEWS too much when it comes to news reports on crimes, and I don't think it is wise to extend that to accidental deaths as well. – notwally ( talk) 21:35, 16 July 2024
- Keep and not just because I started the original article, Disappearance of Jay Slater, but because I agree with L1amw90. There are many articles similar to this one which are still on Wikipedia. CitationIsNeeded ( talk) 22:49, 16 July 2024
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Death of Jay Slater
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This seems like a prime example of NOTNEWS to me; there is no indication that this is an event that rises to encyclopedic notability, and the history is replete with the removal of excessive tabloid-style detail and suggestion. Pinging the three editors that weighed in at WP:BLPN: notwally, Bon courage, DeCausa. Drmies ( talk) 16:41, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Delete for the reason you've given: WP:NOTNEWS and WP:1E. There has been a decent amount of news coverage in local weeks but he's now been confirmed as having died via misadventure that's likely to drop off very quickly now and it's not even WP:VICTIM. Fragglet ( talk) 16:49, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Spain-related deletion discussions. Shellwood ( talk) 17:00, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Delete per Drmies and Fragglet. A classic news aggregator piece unsuitable for an encyclopedia. I fear that this is shouting in the wind - we have too many articles like this so I'll be very surprised if Delete succeeds. WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS exists but the multiple other articles of this standard lowers the subliminal threshold. DeCausa ( talk) 17:33, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Delete. This is just passing grief porn of no lasting encyclopedic worth. No knowledge to share here, no decent analytical sourcing and Wikipedia is (or should be)
WP:NOTNEWS.
Bon courage (
talk)
17:50, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- wrong wrong wrong 78.145.76.106 ( talk) 18:51, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 19:52, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: isn't this article similar to that of
Death of Nicola Bulley?... iirc, that was also nominated to be deleted?, but was kept... – 🏴
L1amw90 (
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20:38, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- User:L1amw90, there seems to be a lot more content in that article than in this one, particularly content pointing to a greater influence, for instance. Drmies ( talk) 21:44, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
- Delete Agree with Drmies and Fragglet. What is the encyclopedic importance or enduring notability of this article subject? To document a flash of news coverage surrounding one person's death? Almost all of the article seems like trivial details. We already ignore WP:NOTNEWS too much when it comes to news reports on crimes, and I don't think it is wise to extend that to accidental deaths as well. – notwally ( talk) 21:35, 16 July 2024
- Keep and not just because I started the original article, Disappearance of Jay Slater, but because I agree with L1amw90. There are many articles similar to this one which are still on Wikipedia. CitationIsNeeded ( talk) 22:49, 16 July 2024
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