Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marcel Williams

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 delete. Already mentioned in a section at Capital punishment in Arkansas. Mkdw ^talk 22:03, 30 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Marcel Williams

(Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL)

Prod removed. Same argument applies: not notable per WP:CRIMINAL Justeditingtoday (talk) 15:47, 23 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (✉) 19:53, 23 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (✉) 19:53, 23 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:04, 24 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Arkansas-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:04, 24 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

~~Delete~~: Merge to Capital punishment in Arkansas: See comments below. Not notable BLP that fails WP:NCRIME, Wikipedia:Notability (people)#CRIM and WP:BLP1E. --- Otr500 (talk) 03:50, 24 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: Notability due to the Arkansas "conveyor belt" of executions. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 05:15, 24 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete If someone thinks the "conveyor belt" of executions is notable, make a page for that. That these three killers get pages and the victims don't is grotesque.
Comment: Also, he is scheduled as a "double execution". That's quite rare and notable. The nation's first "double execution" in 20 years. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 18:47, 24 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I agree with Joseph A. Spadaro, this should not be merged nor deleted. Vwanweb (talk) 09:37, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. The two preceding comments address a possibly notable series of events. The condemned men do not appear to notable independent of those events. Multiple executions are unusual in modern U.S. history, but they were routine in some states before the 20th century moratorium. If somebody wants to write an article about the current Arkansas execution spree, I would gladly support a merge. • Gene93k (talk) 05:30, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Do you think that the Arkansas events merit a separate article? I would think that the information can be incorporated into the Capital punishment in Arkansas article. No? Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 05:52, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

A merge to Capital punishment in Arkansas is reasonable here. • Gene93k (talk) 17:13, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Merge with Capital punishment in Arkansas. The subject is not individually notable, the double execution in Arkansas may be. WWGB (talk) 06:00, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comments: Per change of !vote above, there is coverage in the Capital punishment in Arkansas of current executions. In cases like this we cover the "event" not the person. Otr500 (talk) 08:33, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. He crime was not particularly notorious or notable. The only thing notable is that he was part of an unusual double execution, so perhaps a footnote in the Capital punishment in Arkansas article is appropriate. Zerbey (talk) 13:39, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. There's nothing notable about the offender, and in any event the focus should rightly be upon the victim (perpetrator policy of Wikipedia), who is not notable. If it should be kept, then make the victim the focus of the crime and the article. Wikipedia rightly refrains from becoming an 'honor roll' for criminals. Pbrower2a (talk) 15:57, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Merge him and the other ilk into a separate article about Arkansas executions this year since that's the only thread to notability — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.144.213.202 (talk) 21:02, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Merge with Capital punishment in Arkansas and transfer salient data. Quis separabit? 15:49, 26 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Merge with Capital punishment in Arkansas. Subject is not notable enough for their own article. Edwardx (talk) 15:54, 26 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - I agree with Justeditingtoday. Refs are only about the crime and his death sentence. It should be deleted per WP:CRIME. There is no need to merge the content. The reference to the double execution is already included in Capital punishment in Arkansas.--Rogerx2 (talk) 18:26, 26 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - the mass executions carried out this April 2017 might be suitable as a stand alone article, but the individuals who are executed are not. It is not notable to be executed, thousands of people around the world are every day. Inter&anthro (talk) 15:54, 28 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete does not pass the notability guidelines for criminals.John Pack Lambert (talk) 07:09, 30 April 2017 (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.