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The result was delete and redirect to 2017 Unite the Right rally. I'm closing this quickly, per SNOW. It's a BLP in a contentious area, and right now we have enough on our plates. Drmies (talk) 15:26, 15 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Heather D. Heyer[edit]

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See the biographies of living persons policy and biographies of persons known for one event as a crime victim. She is only notable because her killing was notable. She isn't otherwise notable as a human rights activist.

I've pulled the proposed deletion because I think this deserves a deletion discussion. Robert McClenon (talk) 04:57, 15 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Per WP:VICTIM. Twitbook space tube 04:58, 15 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Fails WP:VICTIM, just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Does not meet any reasonable test of notability. WWGB (talk) 05:12, 15 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep - Per being the subject of many media organizations around the world for the last few days. The page can be edited to make it better. Synesthetic (talk) 05:13, 15 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting, I was going to counter with JonBenet Ramsey for someone who is notable even though she is 'only notable because her killing was notable' but it appears there is no article for her. There is, however, an article for her death and for her father John Ramsey and her mother Patsy Ramsey. Okay, I give up. I tried. Synesthetic (talk) 05:32, 15 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Strong delete Not notable. The lengthy "political response" section is off topic and should be merged with 2017 Unite the Right rally. The sections about Facebook and GoFundMe are not encyclopedic. The quotes from her mother and father saying she was wonderful are not encyclopedic either. The fact that she had a pet Chihuahua named "Violet"--who the dickens cares?Zigzig20s (talk) 05:16, 15 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

A beloved pet chihuahua. InedibleHulk (talk) 07:24, 15 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Per WP:VICTIM. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 05:25, 15 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Given the existing 2017 Unite the Right rally article, this one fails on the grounds of WP:VICTIM. — Javert2113 (talk) 05:50, 15 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep – it is notable who she was. People will look for information about her, not just about her murder. Gui le Roi (talk) 09:02, 15 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Virginia-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 05:59, 15 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 06:00, 15 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 08:58, 15 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 08:58, 15 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

~~Delete~~Redirect The crime itself has an article. Doesn't seem she is notable other than being a victim. Could possibly change in the future due to hagiography or documentation of her past, but at the present this should go.Icewhiz (talk) 09:06, 15 August 2017 (UTC) Redirect per E.M.Gregory.Icewhiz (talk) 13:00, 15 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete

Related guidelines:

wp:victim

wp:memorial

While sufficient coverage exists to complete this article using reliable sources, the entirety of her notability is transferred to her via the notability of the event in which she terribly lost her life. The writing of the article about the event is well under way and it does no good to have a fork to her article, which is basically going to end up as a duplication of 2017 Unite the Right rally. this is grounds for at least considering this article for deletion. Edaham (talk) 09:08, 15 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to 2017 Unite the Right rally#Vehicular attack. This is our routine approach to victims of notable attacks. Redirect preferred to merge, since her name is a plausible search term. See, for example, Taylor Force, an article redirected to 2016 Tel Aviv stabbings, even though he does have the Taylor Force Act named in his honor.E.M.Gregory (talk) 12:42, 15 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Merge/redirect to 2017 Unite the Right rally - plausible search term, but the notability of this tragic death is in the event. Neutrality^talk 14:12, 15 August 2017 (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.