The result was Delete. FT2 (Talk | email) 21:38, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This is an AFD that has been visited by a number of single purpose IP's and near single-use IP's. Eg: 24.170.224.21 (talk · contribs), 75.208.31.63 (talk · contribs), 160.126.10.167 (talk · contribs). For those not used to Wikipedia, AFD is not a vote, but a forum to consider openly, whether an article meets or does not meet Wikipedia inclusion criteria. In particular, the number of "keep/delete" presented, means less than the insight those views can add to the discussion. Some basic principles apply to AFD:
In this AFD, the majority of views concur that there is not significant notability for an encyclopedia article. There is one argument made to be considered, for a "keep", which is: "This story was featured front page on nearly every major news website in the U.S.A.; it is unique in that it sets a new precedent for craigslist, a worldwide website which was previously unaffected by events like this. It's the first recorded case of someone premeditating a murder set in motion via a phony help-wanted ad."
Murders where the victim is lured (by personal discussion, words posted online, false claim of money, or however) are in fact not uncommon, and are probably not especially unusual or notable per se. Essentially this argument makes the case that this murder is notable for being "the first to involve a lure by advertizing in significant venue/location X" where location X is a specific "worldwide website".
However to my mind this is not a compelling argument. (First murder where victim lured by advert in New York Times? First murder where victim lured by advert in Washington Post? First murder where victim lured by discussion on MySpace? First murder where victim lured by advert in Pravda? First murder where victim lured by advert in Monster.com?) In other words, the sole feature of this case that is unique is the mere venue or similar of the advert... and as a matter of communal norm, that just doesn't seem likely to confer notability.
In that regard, AFD discussion of more experienced users (ie after setting aside WP:SPA comments) also seems to support it's likely not to be notable, and also the incident has already (as noted) been listed in the main Craigslist.com article which is probably sufficient mention.
Commonsense application of policy, communal norms, and AFD consensus strongly agree.
Non-notable murder case, Wikipedia is not a news story Delete This is a Secret account 00:28, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]