Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Southport Sockman

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WP:NCRIME. Mdann52 (talk) 14:56, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Crime and England. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 15:04, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Mildly amusing anecdote, but that doesn't make it notable. Athel cb (talk) 15:06, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Leaning keep on this one, though the article really does need to
WP:SUSTAINED coverage of the UK-based "sockmen", including: coverage from Canada from 1996 (Medicine Hat News), a 2009 article ([1]), a film produced in 2015/16 (Liverpool Echo, IMDb, Mirror), a 2017 book ([2]), a Connecticut radio show in 2020 ([3]), and a retrospective article in 2021 (Daily Record). Coverage could be better, but does appear to be much more than "breaking news". ResonantDis_tortion 18:34, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply
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Comment - I have reverted the vandalism where an IP had added a third name to the perpetrators, and also added some of the above refs as citations within the article. ResonantDis_tortion 19:08, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]