Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Sneddon (kidnap victim)
The issue really revolves around the conditions outlined in  and . If one believes there should be an article, should it be about the victim or about the event? "When an individual plays a major role in a minor event" (as is the case here) "it is not generally appropriate to have an article on both the person and the event." Currently there is only an article on the person. But in this case, the individual is only known through the event, and is also a "low profile individual" according to . This, and the low significance of the event, seems to satisfy the three conditions of , which then recommends only mentioning the individual in the event article. But the problem we face here is judging whether there really has been an event. The anonymous IP's arguments that such an event is impossible are poorly supported if not spurious. Given past kidnappings, it is clearly in the realm of possibility and the press coverage that exists entertains the possibility as a realistic one. But even the WSJ article, which strongly leans towards asserting the kidnapping really happened, does not declare it outright. BLP1E moves us to merge the individual into the event article, but for Wikipedia to have an article on an event that may not have happened--and even provide an article title that definitely asserts it did happen--is problematic and touches on issues of  and . One would need considerably more coverage out there to justify an article on an event that may not have happened. At best this is 
— User:Michitaro, 01:36, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:BIO1E||WP:BLP1E||WP:V||WP:NPOV||WP:TOOSOON (Wikipedia:Notability)