Talk:Murder of the DeLisle children

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Did you know... that a 28-year-old tire store manager drowned his four children in the same station wagon in which his father fatally shot himself in the head?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 03:11, 18 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that a 28-year-old tire store manager drowned his four children in the same station wagon in which his father fatally shot himself in the head? Source: "Tragedy had hit family before: Drowned children's grandfather shot himself in same auto"
- Reviewed: Winton Marshall

5x expanded by Cbl62 (talk). Self-nominated at 01:42, 29 September 2022 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Cbl62 Good article. The hook is interesting. The problem for me is that there is the first paragraph of DeLisle's "confession" is uncited. There's also no QPQ done yet. Once these issues are fixed I can approve the nomination Onegreatjoke (talk) 18:47, 2 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Onegreatjoke: Thank you for the review and kind words. I remedied the citation issue and added a QPQ. Cbl62 (talk) 20:29, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, I think i can approve this article now. I do wish there were more sources for DeLisle's "confession" ruled inadmissible but I think it's fine. Onegreatjoke (talk) 22:24, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, again, and I did add additional sources to that section. The one source that gets cited repeatedly contains an actual transcript of the interrogation and is thus a particularly solid source. Cbl62 (talk) 23:57, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Question

Cbl62, if I could ask quickly; how, in your opinion, does this article meet WP:NEVENT? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 17:09, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Do you think it doesn't? Covered in every major news outlet in the USA and selected by the AP as one of the top 10 news stories in State of Michigan two years in a row (No. 7 in 1989 and No. 6 in 1990). Cbl62 (talk) 18:57, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Cbl62: huh, interesting. All the papers cited here are local, so I guess that threw me off... theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 19:06, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I relied heavily on the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News articles because they provided the best depth of coverage, and I have easy access to it through Newspapers.com. Here are some examples of national coverage: The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Time, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and The Miami Herald. Cbl62 (talk) 19:13, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]