Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Murder of Jeff Whittington

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The result was no consensus. It does have reference and seems to pass GNG, as pointed out below... -- Y not? 16:01, 24 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Murder of Jeff Whittington

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whilst the murder is unfortunate, I don't see how it meets WP:VICTIM or WP:EVENT. I also only found 1 hit on NZ Herald, NZ's biggest newspaper. LibStar (talk) 23:43, 14 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. Jinkinson talk to me 01:47, 15 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Zealand-related deletion discussions. Jinkinson talk to me 01:47, 15 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Unless it has some significance for future legislation, in which case it should be recreated.--☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(talk) 01:53, 15 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - I remember a bit of coverage at the time but I don't think this merits an article - SimonLyall (talk) 09:57, 15 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete there was coverage at the time, but there's been no on-going coverage or reference back to it. Stuartyeates (talk) 18:46, 15 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:55, 15 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: there's nothing significant about this case. Alexius08 (talk) 23:28, 15 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Delete Certainly tragic, but seems non-notable. Cogito-Ergo-Sum (14) (talk) 19:36, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep A stage play was based on this event. There are quite a few news reports cited in the article including a recent one about one of the killers being paroled. Lack of coverage in the NZ Herald is probably due to the Herald being an Auckland paper and this being a Wellington event - in the same way that something notable that happened in Auckland may not get much of a mention in the Dominion. Daveosaurus (talk) 06:03, 21 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Daveosaurus reasonings. and WP:GNG.--BabbaQ (talk) 16:49, 21 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

all murders receive spikes in coverage, you should know after participating in many murder AfDs that WP:EVENT trumps GNG. LibStar (talk) 22:28, 21 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Checking stuff.co.nz which includes the local papers - The only for the last few years seems to be of one of the killers - Jason Meads who has been getting himself into trouble before and since his release, eg this and another crime in central Wellington that briefly mentioned it - SimonLyall (talk) 07:58, 22 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Murders, even hate crimes like this one, are unfortunately not a rare occurrence. Unless there is something special about them, they are not notable and could at most be an entry in some list. This article, with its unnecessary "fascinating" details like the color of the victims hair and nail polish does not seem to fall in the "lasting influence" category. --Randykitty (talk) 16:54, 22 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as the case and its aftermath has ongoing coverage - cited in various national and local media local (NZ) since 1999 to date.NealeFamily (talk) 22:19, 22 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

how much actual coverage since 1999? LibStar (talk) 22:42, 22 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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