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The result was merge to List of solved missing person cases: post-2000. czar 22:54, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
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Per WP:SENSATIONAL. A case of missing white woman syndrome. voorts ( talk/ contributions) 22:28, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People and United Kingdom. voorts ( talk/ contributions) 22:28, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Events and England. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 22:43, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
- Keep. The sources used here are The Guardian, BBC News, ITV News, and The Independent - not a single one which is a tabloid.
WP:SENSATIONAL does not apply. 9News, the last source used, could be a tabloid, but even if it was, broad coverage by non-tabloids has been demonstrated. Furthermore, missing white woman syndrome isn't a valid reason to dismiss an article because 1) the term is used to highlight that non-white women deserve more coverage, not that white women deserve less, and 2) it's not Wikipedia's job trying to fix social issues.
Cortador (
talk) 23:16, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
- I agree with everything @
Cortador said. There is, to my knowledge, no such as thing as WP: Missing White Women Syndrome even if this concept denotes a very real thing.
Wickster12345 (
talk) 08:15, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
- Keep per my comment above. Wickster12345 ( talk) 08:18, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
- I agree with everything @
Cortador said. There is, to my knowledge, no such as thing as WP: Missing White Women Syndrome even if this concept denotes a very real thing.
Wickster12345 (
talk) 08:15, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
Deleteper WP:NOTNEWS, WP:N, and WP:NEVENTS. All sources are primary sources that amount to routine news coverage. Notability requires secondary sources. Thebiguglyalien ( talk) 23:49, 19 January 2024 (UTC)- Merge to List of solved missing person cases: post-2000 per the same argument. I was not aware that the target page existed, but this is the optimal solution for these one-off incidents with no historical significance. Thebiguglyalien ( talk) 00:46, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
- Comment. To add to my rationale, this article fails WP:NOTNEWS. It is a run-of-the-mill missing person case that lacks persistence beyond the news cycle and will not have a lasting effect, beyond her friends and family. I also agree with Thebiguglyalien. voorts ( talk/ contributions) 23:54, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
- Merge to
List of solved missing person cases: post-2000 where it can be sufficiently covered. It was, after all, a high-profile case while the search for her was ongoing.
This is Paul (
talk) 00:05, 20 January 2024 (UTC)
- I support this option; I had no idea that list existed. voorts ( talk/ contributions) 00:12, 20 January 2024 (UTC)
- Merge to List of solved missing person cases: post-2000, as proposed by User:This is Paul. Schrödinger's jellyfish ✉ 03:01, 20 January 2024 (UTC)
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