Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Disappearance of Nicola Bulley

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The result was keep. There is a clear consensus to Keep this article, at least at this stage of the disappearance. There has been no challenge to the claim of SIGCOV of this event, most of those advocating Delete basically argue that this story is not deserving of an article in an encyclopedia due to the large number of people who go missing every year. But the coverage of this event verifies its present notability. However, I'll add that even some of those editors stating that they wanted the article to be Kept have said that as this story evolves, it might not have a lasting impact so depending on news developments, the article might make a reappearance at AFD in the future. Liz Read! Talk! 23:33, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Disappearance of Nicola Bulley

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This is a clear example of an event involving one person. Regardless of how many news items are cited, the event (the disappearance of one person) does not rise to notability. See

WP:1E. David notMD (talk) 23:33, 6 February 2023 (UTC)[reply
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the authorities said it dude, I just looked at what they said. Oaktree b (talk) 00:58, 8 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
(Also my sincere condolences to anyone related reading this however this is how Wikipedia works - normal everyday accidents = non notable = deletion, Unexplained disappearances is obviously not seen as an every day thing and given the fact this has been in the news for the past week or so it would mean there's some notability here). –Davey2010Talk 14:42, 8 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The intense reporting has not just been in tabloids. The reputable news media (BBC, broadsheet newspapers etc) have also covered the story repeatedly and in depth.
As others have noted, a significant number of people go missing every year, and most disappearances get little or no media coverage. This is one of the cases which does get a lot of coverage, and while it's easy to be cynical about the type of case which fills headlines (a media frenzy is much more likely if, as in this case, the missing person is blonde, female, white, middle class), it is not for Wiki editors to
WP:WEIGHT, not as Wikipedia editors might like to see it. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 03:26, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply
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