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The following is an archived debate of the deletion review of the page above. Please do not modify it. |
(Note that I had mistakenly posted this request on the talk page and am copying that discussion here because an editor commented on my request.) 10 months ago Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Murder of Ashley Ann Olsen was closed as delete; closing editor noted, accurately, that few editors weighed in in support keep, and that most editors described coverage as "routine"; although there was a strong minority opinion to keep. I am not arguing that the close was in any way improper at that time. The problem is that the AFD took place shortly after the murder, making it impossible to validate assertions at AFD that this murder failed WP:LASTING and WP:CONTINUEDCOVERAGE, and that it was WP:ROUTINE. I request that the article be restored on the grounds that it was not a WP:ROUTINE as evidenced by the fact that - unlike "routine" murders - this murder received national and international coverage when it happened, in the year since, and, most recently, when the murderer was convicted. The victim is from Florida and the murder took place in Florence). As an example of the kind of non-routine coverage this has generated, this: [1] essay in Salon.com on this murder as an example of the kind of harassment foreign women experience in Italian cities, and of the way young, attractive female murder victims can be blamed for their own deaths. Here is a small sample of recent and international coverage: 1.) Conviction of the murderer had gotten major international attention, detailed coverage in the New York Times, [2], The Guardian,[3]. 2.) Coverage has been ongoing since the murder and arrest, [4], [5] and the trial was covered outside Italy [6]. Olsen's murder is cited as an example of the way criminals can prey on visiting foreigners in Italian cities [7]. In sum, although an argument that this murder garnered "only routine coverage" was not implausible last February, it now seems clear, even from the small sample of ongoing coverage that I have linked, that this was a notable murder as evidenced by the the extensive and substantive national and international news coverage.E.M.Gregory (talk) 15:23, 25 December 2016 (UTC)
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The above is an archive of the deletion review of the page listed in the heading. Please do not modify it. |