Talk:Murder of Shaima Alawadi

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So, how do you recomment that an article be deleted because it isn't notable?LedRush (talk) 15:22, 30 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Merger discussion

As suggested by the closing administrator, this is the merger discussion suggested. Here is the suggested text I made in the AfD:

On March 21, 2012, in El Cajon, California, Shaima Alawadi was murdered, having been beaten to death in her home.^[1] Next to her was a note which read "Go back to your country, you terrorist;"^[2]^[3] and her death was compared to the shooting of Trayvon Martin.^[4] In April 2012, the investigation of the death by the local police with the assistance from the FBI lead the police to not consider the death a hate crime, due to past events relating to Alawadi's family, which included the talk of divorce and the daughter's refusal to proceed with an arranged marriage.^[5]^[6]

My proposed target was Islam in the United States#American Muslim life after the September 11, 2001 attacks.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 23:44, 11 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

And then someone will delete it, because that article is not a list of events. Two deletion discussions show support for keeping the artice. Not consensus, but support. Merging it is just ignoring that support and deleting it anyways. Please don't. Richard-of-Earth (talk) 00:17, 12 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure that "not consider the death a hate crime" is accurate; per the sources, it seems that the police are considering other possibilities, not that they have ruled out hate crime. –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 23:57, 11 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

There is not consensus for deletion, not there is consensus to keep the content as an independent article. Previous AfDs there might have been consensus, however it appears to have changed to no consensus to keep or delete.

Roscelese, what would be the best way to word the content?

Should the wording in that section be:

...lead the police to doubt that the death was a hate crime, due to turmoil within the Alawadi's family, ..."

This is similar to the introductory paragraph in the SDUT article:

Search warrant records obtained Wednesday in the beating death of an Iraqi-American woman show a family in turmoil and cast doubt on the likelihood that her slaying was a hate crime.
— Kristina Davis

--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 04:14, 12 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The article elaborates that the note does lead them to at least consider hate crime, though. Can you explain what you believe to be the problem with the phrasing currently in the article? –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 18:20, 12 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have no issues with the present wording of the article, as it stands, however I was proposing proper summarizing for the article to be merged & redirected to an appropriate target article.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 23:39, 12 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No, I understand that - I was asking why we don't use the "consider the possibility that the murder was not a hate crime" phrasing, as per the article, in the merged summary. –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 03:38, 13 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I am fine with either phrasing. As long as it is shown that the event is not solidly considered a hate crime, that there is doubt that the event is a hate crime, that's all that is really needed.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 15:32, 14 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Warikoo, Niraj (March 25, 2012). "Muslim woman from Michigan beaten to death in California home". Detroit Free Press.
^ "Body of brutally beaten woman to be flown to Iraq". Associated Press. March 26, 2012.
^ Spagat, Elliot (March 26, 2012). "Chief: No conclusions in Iraqi-American death case". Associated Press.
^ Tartar, Andre (March 25, 2012). "Tragic Beating Death of Shaima Alawadi Feeds Into Trayvon Martin Race Debate". New York Magazine.
^ Davis, Kristina (April 4, 2012). "Records hint Iraqi woman's death not a hate crime". San Diego Union-Tribune.
^ Flaccus, Gillian; Watson, Julie (April 6, 2012). "Court Papers Shed New Light on Iraqi Beating Death". Associated Press.

Article about Honor Killing vs Hate Crime

Gupta, Arun (7 April 2012). "Shaima Alawadi's murder: Hate crime or honor killing?". Salon Magazine. Retrieved 7 November 2012.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

If it is felt there should be more about the possible honor killing, here is a citation. I do not see that it can be known one way or the other and so the article seems balanced as it is. Richard-of-Earth (talk) 21:32, 7 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Trayvon Martin comparison

I was surprised to see the Trayvon Martin comparison pop up on the dispute resolution noticeboard without any discussion here. For what it's worth, it seems wholly appropriate to me to include in the article, even if the hijab hate crime theory is now apparently invalidated. Leaving the comparison in makes it clear the social impact and response to the murder (again, even if this response was unfounded). The only suggestion I have is to make the source of the comparison clear. "was compared to" leaves it ambiguous as to how common this comparison was. If it was common, let's include more sources; if it wasn't, let's make it clear that New York magazine was the source here. I'm not sure if that change makes this section more mutually agreeable, or just causes further problems, but I figured I'd give it a try. =) Cheers, -- Khazar2 (talk) 03:50, 19 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that the comparison is relevant as a cultural fact, even if the murder turns out not to have been a hate crime. However, NYMag wasn't the only source to draw the comparison ([1] [2] etc.), so the attribution is misleading. –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 23:41, 20 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That Washington Post source would definitely be a good one to add--it makes the commonness of the comparison much clearer than the NY mag source did. I'd still like to find a way to avoid the passive voice here for clarity, though. What would be the best phrasing here? Something like "Some activists and commentators compared... " ? -- Khazar2 (talk) 23:47, 20 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please Delete This Bullshit Article!

This is just a run-of-the-mill husband murder. It happens thousands of times a year in the U.S. There is absolutely NOTHING notable about this and the article needs to go. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.201.185.236 (talk) 10:20, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

When the murder hit the newspapers it was thought to be a hate crime, so it gained notablity. See WP:NTEMP. People who still think it was a hate crime can come here and get the correct, cited information. Richard-of-Earth (talk) 02:13, 31 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That's what I just did, so it seems like a worthy article to me. 72.43.153.30 (talk) 12:37, 2 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2013 AFD

I'm not sure if this is linked yet:

2013 AFD: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Murder of Shaima Alawadi (3rd nomination)
Undeleted after 2013 DRV: Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2013_July_13#Murder_of_Shaima_Alawadi_.283rd_nomination.29

WhisperToMe (talk) 21:55, 26 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I added it to the top.Richard-of-Earth (talk) 07:54, 27 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you WhisperToMe (talk) 16:35, 27 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Blanking

Really? Those sources couldn't be integrated into the article, rather than just deleted The Almightey Drill?--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 04:47, 8 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

[dfp-1] Warikoo, Niraj (March 25, 2012). "Muslim woman from Michigan beaten to death in California home". Detroit Free Press.

[AP2-2] "Body of brutally beaten woman to be flown to Iraq". Associated Press. March 26, 2012.

[AP-3] Spagat, Elliot (March 26, 2012). "Chief: No conclusions in Iraqi-American death case". Associated Press.

[nymag-4] Tartar, Andre (March 25, 2012). "Tragic Beating Death of Shaima Alawadi Feeds Into Trayvon Martin Race Debate". New York Magazine.

[5] Davis, Kristina (April 4, 2012). "Records hint Iraqi woman's death not a hate crime". San Diego Union-Tribune.

[6] Flaccus, Gillian; Watson, Julie (April 6, 2012). "Court Papers Shed New Light on Iraqi Beating Death". Associated Press.

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