Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roy Moore sexual abuse allegations

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.

After reviewing the arguments on both sides and weighing their relevance, strengths, and how they address the arguments stated in opposition - I find that the consensus reached is to keep the article.

The central parts of the discussion by those in favor of deletion were that the article would introduce and host BLP violations, would add an unnecessary POV fork to the article subject as a whole, and that the article subject is about events that aren't notable enough or have lasting significance or significant coverage required for these events to have its own article.

The arguments in favor of keeping the article address the arguments by those in favor of deletion. The central discussion in regards to keeping it state that BLP violations apply to revisions, and not the article itself - and that any violations should be removed and shouldn't factor into whether or not the article should be deleted. They also asserted that the article passes WP:GNG, has significant coverage by numerous reliable sources, and that the significance is lasting due to the media coverage and the person's status as a United States politician. They also cited WP:SPINOFF and that the POV forking is fine here, and that other articles about BLPs that have recently been the subject of the same allegations - also have separate articles with content about the events.

Given the arguments on both sides, I find that the arguments for keeping the article address the arguments for deleting the article - and that the consensus here is to keep it. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 19:11, 27 November 2017 (UTC) & Nihlus 19:13, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]