Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Disappearance of Brittanee Drexel

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The result was delete. Mostly per Herostratus. Claims of meeting WP:EVENT are dubious. lifebaka++ 02:56, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Disappearance of Brittanee Drexel (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

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news event of no lasting significance or notability Dlabtot (talk) 23:03, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. It might be an effect of the Disappeared profile on her, but there's a new round of coverage on Drexel's disappearance per a Google News search I just did. I see coverage in two national sources and in local news agencies outside of her hometown and Myrtle Beach. I've added FoxNews.com as a source for the new coverage. It looks like this meets WP:EVENT. —C.Fred (talk) 23:25, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - It meets WP:EVENT.--BabbaQ (talk) 23:50, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:04, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Fox News is not a reliable source; it is an entertainment outlet. Nonetheless, this incident has generated ongoing news. Weak keep per WP:BARE. Bearian (talk) 19:41, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps we could rename the article to Brittanee Drexel is still missing. Dlabtot (talk) 23:13, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:00, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. This is not an event worthy of coverage in an encyclopedia. Doesn't contribute meaningfully to the sum of human knowledge. Isn't going to be noteworthy ten years from now. Does not meet WP:EVENT - doesn't have enduring significance of any kind, is not amenable to in-depth coverage (all there is to say, at root, is "a person disappeared"). Dragging Peter Brozowitz into it is probably not appreciated by Mr Brozowitz (this article is the #3 hit for Mr Brozowitz, will soon enough climb to #1 and stay there basically forever). Tabloid stuff. Herostratus (talk) 02:51, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per WP:MILL (and if you don't accept essays, NOTNEWS, point 4). People disappear all the time, and this is reported in the news all the time. No chance this event will ever develop the faintest historic significance. --Pgallert (talk) 06:54, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep While the article deals with a situation that may be WP:MILL, I feel that having had segments devoted to it on two major television shows makes this notable. While a disappearance may be a common occurrence, I would ask how many appear on both Dr Phil and the Discovery Channel?Punkrocker1991 (talk) 10:56, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak delete, missing persons are not uncommon and on their own usually have no real notability. Weak and sparse sources, for a 2009 incident that is telling. The TV coverage works in favour of a keep vote; however I get the impression they represent similar coverage to a crimewatch appearance in the UK; if that is the case it is not enough IMO. However, willing to be convinced otherwise. --Errant ^(chat!) 21:46, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per WP:NOTNEWS. Routine coverage of a disappearance.--TM 14:29, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete victims of serious crime are not necessarily notable, this case is sad but not one that stands the test of time already. MLA (talk) 22:40, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete, A Google News Archive search only brings up 120 articles. ^[1] It may have made the national news a few times, but it's more of a "Missing Teenager in Myrtle Beach" and then "Teenager Still Missing" than actual extensive coverage of every detail. Laladoodle92 (talk) 23:34, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep: Notable - A new round of coverage on Drexel's disappearance per a Google News - meets WP:EVENT. Ret.Prof (talk) 17:46, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per Herostratus's excellent summary. Standard NOTNEWS item. Stifle (talk) 13:32, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak Delete per NOTNEWS and MILL. The news coverage is why I'm not too convinced though. Pi (Talk to me! ) 04:37, 19 February 2011 (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.