Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Drąsius Kedys

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 keep. I would encouraging following up the suggestion to re-position this as an article about the case rather than the person, and rename appropriately JohnCD (talk) 19:50, 15 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Drąsius Kedys

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Person know only for one crime he commited. Travelbird (talk) 01:30, 1 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lithuania-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:49, 1 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:50, 1 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Very strong keep. He's an equivalent of Casey Anthony in Lithuania. The article needs to be cleaned up and re-written, but it's most definitely notable. Renata (talk) 04:00, 1 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Extended comment. I started working on the article to re-purpose it from a bio to an article about the case. It's most notable criminal case in Lithuania. There are at least three books about it, and largest news portal Delfi.lt has at least ten stories about Kedys in the last month. Renata (talk) 03:22, 2 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment If someone can show continuing media interest in the case, 3 years after the killings (especially books, tv programs, and other things that aren't news reports), that might prove notability, by WP:CRIME. Or if it caused wider changes in Lithuanian society/law/politics. --Colapeninsula (talk) 09:15, 1 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment No doubt the article could and should be improved. It does have caused enough attention from the society and will evolve further as the things proceed. It certainly is big enough to be remembered for many years to come. D0727 (talk) 20:49, 1 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
CommentThis man is of interest and importance having been a person of great controversy for his actions, his allegations and his death. The events of his life raise many different issues of importance to society such as child abuse, corruption of the judicial system, child protection, prosecution of crimes against children and the use of online media to disseminate information about crime. The article needs to be expanded and refined but to delete it would be very imprudent. I learned about him today (4/5/12) through a post made on Facebook about him and wanting to learn more I personally sought information about this man on Wikipedia, as I expect and trust that Wikipedia holds at least some information about every topic of note. Keeping this article is surely part of Wikipedia's mandate. I implore the Wikipedia community to retain it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.243.102.2 (talk) 17:17, 3 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:43, 8 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - for now. seems to have recieved alot of attention in lithuania.--BabbaQ (talk) 09:25, 11 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, extended comment About attention in Lithuania: news portals - delfi.lt - 130 articles; balsas.lt - 120 articles; lrytas.lt - 194 articles; alfa.lt - 100 articles; youtube.com - 499 videos; as mentioned here, three books released about the topic; live stream of Venckiene's home 755924 views. D0727 (talk) 16:30, 14 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - While I do not speak Lithuanian, I was able to confirm via Google search that the 3 books referred to in the Lithuanian Wikipedia article, which indicates that this person satisfies WP:GNG as well as WP:CRIME. At most, the article can be renamed as something like "The case of Drąsius Kedys" but regardless of the title there is more than sufficient notability to keep it. Rlendog (talk) 14:40, 15 May 2012 (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.