Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kevin Whitrick
and possibly rename). Technically, this is indeed a BLP1E case. The key question is if his suicide is notable. If yes, there deserves to be an article on the topic. The content of this article is almost entirely about the suicide already. The title could be moved to something like Internet suicide of Kevin Whitrick, but I am not sure how much sense there is in a such a move. On the main question of whether the suicide is notable, I would have to say that the answer is yes, based on the coverage it received. There was quite a bit of national coverage, and not just around the time the event occurred but months later as well. E.g. there were stories about the fact that the police decided not to prosecute anyone, e.g. http://www.shropshirestar.com/2007/05/26/no-web-death-prosecutions/http://www.computing.co.uk/vnunet/news/2190861/charges-web-suicide-casehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/shropshire/6695197.stm (May 2007), then about the verdict in the inquest http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/14/nchat114.xmlhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/mobile/bbc_news/england/699/69930/story6993095.shtml?45,05,05,22,08,2007http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2961284.ece (September 2007). There was also international coverage, e.g. http://www.cbc.ca/technology/technology-blog/2007/05/no_charges_in_chatroom_suicide.htmlhttp://www.theage.com.au/news/web/chatroom-hanging-captured-on-webcam/2007/03/24/1174761314885.htmlhttp://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/SJ/lib00188,1184A0036A09EEB0.html, etc. There is also some evidence of the effect of the story beyond the coverage of the case itself, e.g. a mention in this January 2008 article http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=506162&in_page_id=1. GoogleNews gives a total of 31 hits for "Kevin Whitrick"http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22Kevin+Whitrick%22&hl=en&um=1 and 4 hits for "Kevin Neil Whitrick"http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22Kevin+Neil+Whitrick%22&btnG=Search&hl=en&um=1. I would say that the suicide passes , so the article deserves to be kept, although possibly under a different name
— User:Nsk92, 02:54, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:N (Wikipedia:Notability)