Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joshua Brown (motorist)
As I argued in the talk page of the Tesla Model S article, this type of incident, like the Plug-in electric vehicle fire incidents|plug-in car fires in the past, call for a lot of attention and speculation. Therefore, it is important for editors to keep in mind that Wikipedia is NOT a media outlet, we do not report the news (see Wikipedia:NOTNEWS), so as per WP policies the content has to be encyclopedic (see ). IMO, the notable facts to report about this incident (Wikipedia:Notability) are just two: the fact that this is the first known accident with a fatal victim while the car was driven by a self-driving system, and second, it puts into question the reliability of Tesla's Autopilot technology (the objective of the NHTSA formal investigation). This content is already presented in the Autopilot section of the Model S article. And for purposes of , the official statement made by Tesla is required. Considering the key facts, the driver's name does not seems to be notable to be mentioned, nor anecdotal content about him (I previously removed some of it). Yes he was a Tesla enthusiast, and for obvious reasons he is mentioned in the all the news about the accident, but remember that per Wiki policies, notability is NOT temporary (TEMPORARY). I think that the only case when there is justification to mention victims in accidents is when this person meets the criteria for Wikipedia:Notability (people). To illustrate better, i.e. if the CEO of the company died testing its new technology, then I think he/she should be mentioned by name, but only if the company or the new technology are remarkable or significant, interesting, or unusual enough to deserve attention or to be recorded (notability!). Cheers
— User:Mariordo, 03:57, 5 July 2016 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:NOT||WP:NPOV||WP:NOTTEMPORARY (Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not)