Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Poon Yuen Chung
- The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was keep. I see a consensus to Keep this article. But I am a bit concerned that 8 out of 9 references come from the same source. It would help to get other sources to diversify the references. Changing of the page title can be discussed on the article talk page. Liz Read! Talk! 04:00, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
Poon Yuen Chung
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WP:ONEVENT. As per similar recent AfDs on drug smugglers LibStar (talk) 01:47, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
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- Delete per nom. Being executed for drug offences does not make someone notable. Mccapra (talk) 08:10, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Women, Crime, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 11:58, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
- Keep - To first reply on the comment above, yes "being executed for drug offences does not make someone notable" but in this case the execution drew sustained international media attention from 1993-1995 and has received coverage in secondary sources such as this law paper from 2004 and Amnesty International, also 2004. AP News commented that "Along with the flogging of American teen-ager Michael Fay for vandalism, the drug case has put international attention on Singapore’s tough approach to crime." WP:PERP and also WP:ONEVENT are both decent rationales for deletion but I think the former does not apply because we have (at least weak) "sustained coverage of the event in reliable secondary sources" and the latter doesn't apply because it's better to have an article about the person than the arrest in this case. Mujinga (talk) 14:07, 31 January 2023 (UTC)]
- Keep but rename to WP:BIO1E, but the sources show that the event itself is notable as it received coverage over a period of several years. Devonian Wombat (talk) 20:48, 1 February 2023 (UTC)]
- Keep per reasoning by Devonian Wombat but the better title could be Execution of Poon Yuen Chung and could add more sources like newspapers in other languages like Chinese as well. The alternative is we can redirect her to The President's Pleasure (Singapore) where her 17-year-old accomplice Lam Hoi Ka was among the cases of those minors imprisoned under this measure for crimes that warrant the death penalty (which is the punishment off limits those below 18 at the time of the said offence). NelsonLee20042020 (talk) 05:43, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 03:26, 7 February 2023 (UTC)
- Keep as case generated notable media coverage over several years, maybe rename to Arrest and execution of Poon Yuen Chung — Preceding unsigned comment added by WorldTravleerAndPhotoTaker (talk • contribs) 15:55, 7 February 2023 (UTC)
- Comment - WorldTravleerAndPhotoTaker, I wanna remind you that the title you suggested is quite long. You may want to make the title short for wiki articles (unless the name of the subject is too long and we cannot help it, like Execution of Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam). And also, at the end of your comments you need to remember to put a signature here by putting this sign ~ four times without comma or blankspace. --NelsonLee20042020 (talk) 01:18, 8 February 2023 (UTC)
- sorry thought i had a new vote 13:36, 8 February 2023 (UTC) WorldTravleerAndPhotoTaker (talk) 13:36, 8 February 2023 (UTC)
- Comment - WorldTravleerAndPhotoTaker, I wanna remind you that the title you suggested is quite long. You may want to make the title short for wiki articles (unless the name of the subject is too long and we cannot help it, like Execution of Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam). And also, at the end of your comments you need to remember to put a signature here by putting this sign ~ four times without comma or blankspace. --NelsonLee20042020 (talk) 01:18, 8 February 2023 (UTC)
- The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.