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The result was delete. — Jake Wartenberg 02:47, 25 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Andrew Randall[edit]

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See WP:BLP1E. This person has no historical significance warranting an article, nor are there any truly biographical sources (where he, rather than the one event he gained notoriety for, is the subject of the source). Wikipedia shouldn't be a publisher of true crime accounts. He committed a murder that was briefly the subject of news reports, and that is all. But Wikipedia is not a newspaper. Delete. Dominic·t 02:02, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per WP:BLP1E. No broader consequences, just a terrible murder. --Vejvančický (talk) 08:05, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The article, although poorly written, includes the cited information that investigation into the murder led to the censure of a major public hospital [1] for failing to take action regarding recognizable child abuse and to corrective action (in theory). Article may require retitling. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 15:15, 18 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- That is not biographical material. You say the article may need retitling, but what you are really talking about is something that would be discussed in an article on that hospital, which is much more than retitling. Dominic·t 02:51, 19 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - No, more like an article on "Murder of Jessica Randall"; there are quite a few similar articles. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 03:20, 19 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - Perhaps, though that article would seem to have some of the same issues as this one, in that there is little to establish historical significance aside from the tidbit about the hospital. In any case, my point was that you are proposing a new article on a different topic from this biographical one, so you aren't asking for a retitling at all. You don't need to vote at AfD to start an article. Dominic·t 05:27, 19 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Per WP:BLP1E. Joe Chill (talk) 15:25, 20 September 2009 (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.