Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hiroshi Maeue

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The result was keep. Sr13 05:39, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hiroshi Maeue

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Delete - Subject was sentenced to death for murdering 3 people. That's all there is, and that simply fails WP:BIO. He is WP:NN. There is zero percent chance of improvement. Evb-wiki 19:30, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

• Weak Keep Arent serial killers mildly notable? Corpx 19:37, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
• Delete: Not if they fail WP:V, which this fellow does. If killing three people gave an automatic pass to notability, there'd be several hundred drive-by shooters a year getting Wikipedia articles.  RGTraynor  20:41, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment: Can you expand on how he fails WP:V? There are English-language news sources verifying his existence, crime and punishment. Canuckle 20:59, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. Notable serial killer with heavy news coverage; I have added refs and interwiki links. I'm normally somewhat of a deletionist, but I think this one easily meets our standards. Heather 21:02, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
• Keep A few months ago it was being argued at several AfDs that a murder involving only two people was generally not notable; I asked at the time how many were necessary, and did not get a direct response. Ditto here--that does not seem a useful criterion to keep or to delete. The news coverage is in national newspapers and over a period of 2 years. that combination of factors does seem like a useful way to evaluate. DGG 21:56, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
• Weak keep Serial killers seem more notable than the average killer, and the serial killing of people he met in an online suicide club who thought the killer was going to commit suicide with them is outside the ordinary, sounding more like a CSI plot. But it seems more liike average news reportage for a murder and trial; not aware of larger societal or cultural effects than simple crime and punishment. Edison 19:09, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
• Keep as a serial killer is definitely notable, especially one (as Edison points out) that kills people in a suicide club. Ergot's links and refs show verifiable notability. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 06:29, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

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.