Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Murder of Tia Rigg
NOT NEWS has to be the most misunderstood and misapplied piece of policy that WP has ever sprouted. It was written to apply to "routine news reporting on things like announcements, sports, or celebrities" - basically, tabloid celebrity tittle tattle. This was a notable crime, murder being a rarity in and of itself in the UK, leading to a rarely delivered whole life tariff. It clearly meets the requirements of . I just hope this isn't going to herald the start of another "silly season" of NOT NEWS Afds being slapped onto murder articles
— User:Keristrasza, 15:38, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:CRIME (Wikipedia:Notability)