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 soft delete‎. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can . Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:18, 21 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

John Seybold (criminal) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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All of the sources in this article are about Frank Hohimer, not John Seybold. Frank Hohimer was a real person who wrote a memoir while in prison. That memoir was adapted into a film by Michael Mann. The mistaken belief that Hohimer is a pseudonym is the sole reason this article exists. Seybold did not write the memoir in question. Even if he did, would that alone merit a Wikipedia article? Because the article is both inaccurate and not noteworthy, it merits deletion. Trumpetrep (talk) 19:49, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2023 October 14. —^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 20:03, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  I was literally in the middle of transcluding it when Cyberbot conflicted with my edit. ;)Trumpetrep (talk) 20:05, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Crime and New Jersey. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 21:14, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 00:08, 15 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: Per nom. Even if the nominator is incorrect and Hohimer and Seybold are the same person, WP:GNG and WP:NCRIME still aren't met. — SamX [talk · contribs] 16:40, 21 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.