Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Trevor Casper

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was keep. The consensus appears to be that this officer (or his death, at least) is notable per WP:INDEPTH. There were suggestions to rename and edit the page to focus on the event rather than the person, but I'll leave that up to a move discussion. (non-admin closure) clpo13_(talk) 21:51, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Trevor Casper

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BLP1E non notable policeman ,known only for being shot while on duty. DGG ( talk ) 02:18, 24 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Once again, the above user is adding another article to be deleted instead of making edits to improve the article. The article has stood since March 2015. Trevor Casper is a notable policeman in fact, being the Wisconsin State Patrol's youngest trooper in it's history. He is also the youngest law enforcement to be killed in the line of duty. Asher Heimermann (talk)

Delete per WP:NOTNEWS; nothing here to provide "additional enduring significance", as WP:EVENTCRIT puts it. QVVERTYVS (hm?) 19:02, 24 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

So why do black people, who are criminals, get their own Wikipedia article when they are shot dead by police? These black criminals are not notable and receive little media coverage but they have Wikipedia articles. Why are their articles not removed? Maybe if the article was about a black officer, the request would not have been made at all. Asher Heimermann (talk) 19:30, 24 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Black, white or grey, they should be deleted, too. Sometimes they are, sometimes they aren't. Depends on how well (or if) anybody argues the particular cases, and who closes the AfD. InedibleHulk (talk) 18:48, 29 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Trevor Casper and his death was an event that received significant and in-depth coverage from local and national media (ABC News, CNN, Washington Post) which makes the article notable per Wikipedia's WP:INDEPTH. Asher Heimermann (talk) 19:34, 24 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. SwisterTwister talk 22:18, 24 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Wisconsin-related deletion discussions. SwisterTwister talk 22:18, 24 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Law-related deletion discussions. SwisterTwister talk 22:18, 24 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per WP:INDEPTH. Nyth 63 11:16, 28 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Nyth83-thank you-RFD (talk) 13:21, 29 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete or Reformat The shooting itself may be notable, but this guy played a passive role in it, and (apparently) nothing else of note. Not enough here for a bio. InedibleHulk (talk) 18:44, 29 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete fails WP:BLP1E 2601:586:C002:82F0:4930:678B:8799:94A8 (talk) 19:09, 29 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

How can an IP user be allowed to join this discussion? The user does not have a registered account. Asher Heimermann (talk) 18:16, 30 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Anyone can join in a discussion. -- Necrothesp (talk) 10:54, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Too many American police officers are killed in the line of duty for each to have an article. There needs to be some other reason for notability (and being the youngest member of a force or the youngest police officer in a state to be killed isn't it). -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:52, 30 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 15:53, 30 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Being the youngest police officer in Wisconsin killed is very notable. There is enough references and media coverage was national and international. Asher Heimermann (talk) 18:12, 30 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No it isn't. Being the youngest police officer ever killed in the United States may be notable (and even that's questionable). But a single state? No. -- Necrothesp (talk) 10:51, 1 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - clearly a case of national coverage on a high level. Rename it to Death of Trevor Casper. Deletion is not likely if we consider WP:GNG and WP:CRIME.--BabbaQ (talk) 18:35, 1 December 2015 (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.