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The result was keep. ✗plicit 14:02, 8 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

David Fuller[edit]

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Delete as per WP:PERP. No notability outside crime. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 16:35, 25 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 16:35, 25 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 17:17, 25 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. Exceptionally notable case, very heavily covered in the media both at the time of the murders and after Fuller's eventual arrest. Notable both for the unusual nature of the crimes and the length of time afterwards that he was convicted. Yes, it is primarily the crimes that are notable, not the perpetrator, but given there were effectively two completely different crimes (a double murder and his subsequent necrophiliac offences) in this instance it makes sense to have a single article about them under the name of the perpetrator. -- Necrothesp (talk) 11:09, 26 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 11:09, 26 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect title to Necrophilia#Modern necrophiliacs, as it was before this article was created. This person is only known as perp. He has no lasting notability. --Bejnar (talk) 15:44, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note that he committed two very high profile murders as well! -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:48, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

There is an existing Wikipedia article that incorporates the relevant information. Also, I question the description of the murders as "very high profile". Yes, it was a thirty-year mystery; but not one substantially covered during that period. Which lack of coverage shows its relative lack of notability. --Bejnar (talk) 22:35, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Bejnar: Which article is this? -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:12, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The article is Necrophilia where the relevant information is his name, status as a modern necrophiliac, and a citation. Hence the original redirect. --Bejnar (talk) 14:02, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hardly an article incorporating all the relevant information. No details of his crimes. No mention at all of the two murders he committed. Interestingly, the other person mentioned there is Dennis Nilsen, also "only known as perp". Do you think he too has "no lasting notability"? -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:33, 3 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Natg 19 (talk) 02:17, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep, more noteworthy and extensively covered regarding multiple types of crime than would make small section(s) within another article(s) appropriate. WillJonesUK (talk) 23:17, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep, passes WP:GNG as it has SIGCOV I have found here. There might be a separate discussion on whether Criminals with SIGCOV to be considered or not. Many gangsters are listed in Wiki for decades, and they did nothing except murder, extortion, etc crime. --Arunudoy ^(talk) 09:50, 3 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, as the article has good coverage and subject is notable. Davidgoodheart (talk) 20:47, 5 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - Indeed, passes WP:GNG as it has SIGCOV. BabbaQ (talk) 22:48, 5 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - the murders shouldn't be buried in Necrophilia. (uurrrgh, sorry). Martinevans123 (talk) 23:06, 5 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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