Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sebastian Stephanous Bridges

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The result was delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:10, 27 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sebastian Stephanous Bridges (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

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This person does not appear to be notable per the applicable notability guideline at WP:CRIMINAL. The only press coverage appears to be of his execution, see also WP:BLP1E. Prod was contested. VQuakr (talk) 05:45, 19 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete as per WP:PERP. we don't create articles for everyone on death row and this one indicates no long standing notability. LibStar (talk) 07:42, 19 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as per LibStar and VQuakr. Relatively few Google hits for this individual.  Nipsonanomhmata  ^(Talk) 23:19, 19 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete while there is something to the idea that someone who has committed that rare-enough murder deserving of execution, and the state actually going through with it, must mean that there was sufficient notoriety (notability?) of the offense or the offender. But that notion has been rejected by numerous prior AFDs which show that being an executee is not inherently notable - neither is being a murderer, having $56,000 in cash, or anything else claimed in the article, etc.. Carlossuarez46 (talk) 23:50, 19 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 22:59, 20 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 23:01, 20 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment- While the article doesn't address it, the United Nations Human Rights Commission called for a worldwide moratorium of the death penalty just days after this South African national was executed (coverage); South Africa ended its death penalty in 1995, the murder he was convicted of occurred in 1997, and extradition from South Africa has since hinged on not seeking the death penalty (although he was apprehended in the U.S. and this was not a factor in his case). Listing at Capital punishment in Nevada seems sufficient, but would recommend the addition of a footnote there showing nationality, especially if article is deleted. Dru of Id (talk) 02:58, 21 May 2011 (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.