Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Lee Shaver, Jr.

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The result was delete. Jayjg ^(talk) 03:04, 31 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Lee Shaver, Jr.

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Self-confessed mass murderer whose charges were dropped due to a complete lack of evidence. Seems like a case of WP:BLP1E unless we're going to have an article for every American criminal, in which case start the fundraising for the new server farms we will require... Delicious carbuncle (talk) 10:06, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Not all murderers in the U.S. are notable. People kill and are killed all across the world every day. Sad to say, but let's keep the bar high for inclusion of crime victims or purported perpetrators. Will Beback talk 12:12, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 17:38, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Per WP:BLP1E. Joe Chill (talk) 21:32, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
This needs a lot more reliable sources to show he's been in the news longer than one news cycle. Sorry, but delete per Will Beback. Bearian (talk) 00:27, 25 January 2010 (UTC) P.S. In my criminal justice classes that I teach, my students and I discuss frequently why some men confess to false crimes. This is a "textbook", but non-notable case, because such confessions are more common than one would care. Bearian (talk) 00:32, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete whilst he has committed several different crimes that in itself does not warrant an article. there are literally millions of people who have committed multiple crimes and had a little media coverage, we don't create articles for all of them. LibStar (talk) 10:06, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, NN criminal. JBsupreme (talk) 20:56, 25 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep building of Berian's argument, if this is one of the example cases for the concept, then he is notable. DGG ( talk ) 04:02, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. does not meet notability requirements per WP:PERP. Wikipeterproject (talk) 01:39, 31 January 2010 (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.