Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2007 De Anza baseball players rape case
I'm not certain of whether this article will have lasting notability or not, which was mentioned in the http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2007_De_Anza_baseball_players_rape_case&diff=176958240&oldid=175261292 original prod as a reason for deletion. There doesn't appear to be a lack of verifiability (the article has 92 separate references, though some, such as http://www.mercurynews.com/crime/ci_6031160, appear to be duplicated as different refs, rather than using "ref name"), but there is certainly an issue with the quality of the article. Indeed, my only involvement in the article prior to notification of this AfD was http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2007_De_Anza_baseball_players_rape_case&diff=prev&oldid=175261292 adding a tone tag. Pretty much the entire article, in general, from its tone, to the wording of the headlines, appears to be more reminiscent of the free tabloid that anyone can edit. The timeline section, for example, quickly stops being a timeline of the case itself, and becomes a timeline of all news stories about the case, with the story headlines provided after the date, which is misleading. However, I also realise that poor quality is |not really a good reason for deletion, so I am relatively neutral on whether the article should be kept or deleted. If it is kept, however, it would probably need stubbing temporarily while being rewritten
— User:Dreaded, 11:56, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:PROBLEM (Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions)