Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ricardo Cerna

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. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 20:39, 11 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ricardo Cerna[edit]

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Warning: the article contains a graphic video. Please see WP:BIO1E. This article focusses entirely on Mr Cerna's death; he is not otherwise notable. WP:NEVENT requires in-depth, sustained coverage of an event to demonstrate its lasting significance. The sources currently cited are:

1 (Los Angeles Times): Local news reporting from around the time of the incident.
2 (Deseret News) and 5 (St. Petersburg Times): Brief syndicated news items.
3 (San Bernardino Sun) A mostly unrelated article with a short paragraph of background information about the police officer wounded by Cerna.
4 (Alex O'Meara) A work of fiction.

A contributor to the previous AfD suggested a few other sources: the KESQ one is another contemporaneous local news report and the Press-Enterprise ones are permanent deadlinks. I looked for additional sources and found a brief mention (2 sentences) in the book Dying in Full Detail: Mortality and Digital Documentary.[1] gnu 57 01:14, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Guatemala and California. gnu 57 01:14, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete while it’s the sort of thing I’d have initially suspected notability, I ultimately must concur with the above review of existing sources. I did my own search and did not uncover anything that would suggest in-depth, sustained coverage or subsequent coverage of the event, and the event is his only hint at notability. The only subsequent coverage I see is on websites that cater to folks wishing to see somebody get shot, certainly no reliable sourcing. He and event fail both Wikipedia:BIO1E and Wikipedia:Notability (events). Jo7hs2 (talk) 02:06, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Crime and Events. gnu 57 12:14, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Notable, highly unusual and well covered event. Clearly passes WP:GNG. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:09, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 04:22, 28 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, $Salvio giuliano$ 20:04, 4 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Nothing notable, man takes his own life while in police custody. I don't find any discussions of the event, beyond explanation of what happened. Oaktree b (talk) 23:41, 4 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per above. BIO1E, fails LASTING, EVENT, NOTNEWS. // Timothy :: talk 02:14, 7 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. No ay notable beyond a WP:BLP1E situation. Sad to say, but Suicide by cop could be a redirect for this one. If this stub were kept, it would have to be moved to Death of .... Bearian (talk) 18:54, 11 April 2023 (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.