Talk:Murder of Darcey Freeman

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On 16 December 2025, it was proposed that this article be moved from Arthur Phillip Freeman to Murder of Darcey Freeman. The result of the discussion was moved.

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Requested move 16 December 2025

Latest comment: 7 months ago8 comments4 people in discussion

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Safari Scribe^{Edits! Talk!} 02:18, 23 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Arthur Phillip Freeman → Murder of Darcey Freeman – The article as it stands at present is about a subject who is only known for one event, which is the murder of their daughter. TarnishedPath^talk 04:44, 16 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Pinging @MZMcBride, @Scott MacDonald, @DanielRigal, @Kww, @Unschool, @Mattinbgn, @WWGB, @DGG, @Lankiveil and @Anhydrobiosis as editors involved in the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arthur Phillip Freeman TarnishedPath^talk 04:56, 16 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Support move. This isn't a biography. This is about the murder and the trial. DanielRigal (talk) 12:10, 16 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Also, and I accept that this is not a policy based argument, I feel that it is her name that should be remembered before his. DanielRigal (talk) 01:12, 23 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Note: WikiProject Australian crime has been notified of this discussion. TarnishedPath^talk 06:40, 20 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

This article was previously deleted as the result of a deletion discussion. It's eligible for speedy deletion as far as I can tell. --MZMcBride (talk) 00:00, 23 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

That deletion was in 2009. Given that the article has sourcing from after that date, it wouldn't be eligible for speedy deletion. Anyone who thinks that it doesn't pass GNG would need to take it anew to WP:AFD. TarnishedPath^talk 00:03, 23 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Contested deletion

Latest comment: 7 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

This page should not be speedily deleted because it is not substantially identical to the deleted version. The previous deletion was in 2009. Given that there are sources in the article that are after that date it would not be the case that the article is substantially identical to the deleted version. TarnishedPath^talk 00:06, 23 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Contested deletion

Latest comment: 7 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

This page should not be speedily deleted because there are credible claims (above) that things have moved on since the AfD. The AfD was before he was convicted. There has been coverage since. Also, there is an ongoing proposal to rename the article to make it about the crime and not the criminal, which would solve any objections to this being a BLP. I !voted delete on the AfD but I would probably !vote keep or weak keep if there was another. --DanielRigal (talk) 00:48, 23 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

A page that knows where it met you.

Requested move 16 December 2025

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